as in laborer
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Noun
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Ortiz recalls anecdotes from domestic laborers during the aftermath of the Woolsey fire—workers being hired to put out fires, employers evacuating but leaving their household workers behind to care for pets, workers left behind to clean toxic ash.—
Simmone Shah,
TIME,
26 Jan. 2025 -
Read Article > The H-1B visa program helps corporations replace US workers with cheap foreign laborers who lack basic rights.—
Vox Staff,
Vox,
23 Jan. 2025
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But for those who experienced the desperate, dismal drudge of Forest’s three seasons in League One, the third tier of English football, from 2005-08 — and visits to clubs including Yeovil, Carlisle, Tranmere and Hartlepool — there has been a long wait for moments like this.—
Paul Taylor,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
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Freed from drudge work, these workers should be empowered to focus on more creative tasks and problem-solving.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
7 Aug. 2024
Noun
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As co-founder of Tupelo — one of Park City’s top farm-to-table dining concepts — Maggie Alvarez knows a thing or two about sourcing great grub.—
Brad Japhe,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2025
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The grub in this case was likely herring or menhaden.—
Ben McGrath,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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The defective grandstand was a last-minute add-on; workmen were still hammering it together as people took their seats.—
Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2025
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Florals appeared as embroideries and prints on workman jackets and corduroy pants adding an artisanal touch to the look, as seen in this Rue de Tokyo piece.—
Alex Badia,
WWD,
17 Jan. 2025
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Read full article Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.—
Peter Abraham,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 Aug. 2023
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Between his backstage segments, and being protected in defeat, Leon Ruff is quietly going from a glorified jobber to a legitimate midcarder.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
12 May 2021
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This nascent subgenre flows directly from Woody Guthrie’s suite of murder ballads, which gave the workingman’s lament an infusion of antihero glamour.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2024
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His workingman shtick, borrowed from socialist folk-music sentimentality, is sustained by the showbiz equivalent of the Democrat machine.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 Oct. 2024
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“Navvy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navvy. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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