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Recent Examples of swamper
During his tenure in the oil patch, Smith worked as a truck driver’s assistant, or swamper, for a rig-moving company.
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Sarah Smarsh, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2021
If something were to happen to the captain, the swamper would be the one to radio for help and manage the situation until others arrived.
—Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 15 Dec. 2017
That comes from my roots of playing in clubs where sometimes the only person who was there was the swamper cleaning up the bar.
—Bob Doerschuk, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017
Sarah Smarsh, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2021
If something were to happen to the captain, the swamper would be the one to radio for help and manage the situation until others arrived.
—Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 15 Dec. 2017
That comes from my roots of playing in clubs where sometimes the only person who was there was the swamper cleaning up the bar.
—Bob Doerschuk, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swamper
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Over nine months, these big cats systematically attacked workers’ camps at night, dragging victims—who included African laborers, Indian railway workers and even camp supervisors—into the darkness.Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Hopeful men lined up, waiting for construction jobs that would open when laborers inevitably died on the job.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2025
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The total number of American workers in December 2024 is up only 5% from February 2020, far less than the headline 12% worker growth during Biden’s presidency.Derek Saul, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Rudy Giuliani is set to appear in a Washington, D.C., federal courtroom Friday as a federal judge considers a request from two Georgia election workers to hold the former New York City mayor in contempt for allegedly continuing to defame them in violation of a court order.Robert Legare, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Along with the influx of people came support volunteers, with many donating items or offering assistance to the Red Cross employees already stationed there.Angela Yang, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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In an Atwater Village Chipotle, customers and employees alike sighed and picked up their phones.Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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To pretend otherwise in the year 2024 is all-but to out oneself as a hireling.Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 12 Feb. 2024
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Who are those hirelings, paid for by foreign intelligence services?!The Editors, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2011
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