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a person who does very hard or dull work
they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships
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Recent Examples of laborers
Hopeful men lined up, waiting for construction jobs that would open when laborers inevitably died on the job.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2025
Movie theaters, bowling alleys, pools and recreational facilities started to close and as a result many service-industry laborers lost their jobs.
—Rolando Arrieta, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
Black Panamanians and migrant laborers, mostly from the Caribbean, took the bulk of low-paying jobs and lived in the Canal Zone's segregated neighborhoods.
—Rolando Arrieta, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
This followed what became known as the 1942 Burma Road Riot, a two-day riot in which Black Bahamian laborers protested in response to unequal pay in the building of two British military air bases in New Providence.
—Sasha C. Wells / Made By History, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
Thousands of laborers died during the grueling construction process.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2024
These projects, which began in earnest in 2017, have caused a large influx of laborers from south Asian countries, with migrants from India, Bangladesh and Nepal being the largest contributors.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
But both of these laborers brush up against something transcendent, even if only briefly.
—Edward Hirsch, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
When the clock strikes midnight Saturday morning, workers at Amazon’s largest union facility will team up with a protest that includes laborers at Amazon operations in Queens, Atlanta, San Francisco, southern California and suburban Chicago.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2025
Movie theaters, bowling alleys, pools and recreational facilities started to close and as a result many service-industry laborers lost their jobs.
—Rolando Arrieta, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
Black Panamanians and migrant laborers, mostly from the Caribbean, took the bulk of low-paying jobs and lived in the Canal Zone's segregated neighborhoods.
—Rolando Arrieta, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
This followed what became known as the 1942 Burma Road Riot, a two-day riot in which Black Bahamian laborers protested in response to unequal pay in the building of two British military air bases in New Providence.
—Sasha C. Wells / Made By History, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
Thousands of laborers died during the grueling construction process.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2024
These projects, which began in earnest in 2017, have caused a large influx of laborers from south Asian countries, with migrants from India, Bangladesh and Nepal being the largest contributors.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
But both of these laborers brush up against something transcendent, even if only briefly.
—Edward Hirsch, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
When the clock strikes midnight Saturday morning, workers at Amazon’s largest union facility will team up with a protest that includes laborers at Amazon operations in Queens, Atlanta, San Francisco, southern California and suburban Chicago.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Laborers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborers. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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