as in worker
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 laborer
For American diners of diverse backgrounds, chop suey struck an enticing balance between novelty and decipherability, which propelled it to national popularity even as the US government moved to exclude Chinese laborers from entering the country in 1882.
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Ashley Rose Young,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 June 2026
Both his great-grandmother and his grandmother, who co-wrote the screenplay, were child laborers once compelled to dig for ore in the desert.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 June 2026
As recounted by Peter Biskind in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Cimino ran long and went over budget on his epic drama about the Johnson County War, which saw cattle barons attacking immigrant laborers in late 19th-century Wyoming.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
So on market days, local Colored laborers would follow in the tradition of the formerly enslaved, riding donkeys, horses, or rowing boats to other parishes where food was in greater supply and available for sale.
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Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Ashley Rose Young,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 June 2026
Both his great-grandmother and his grandmother, who co-wrote the screenplay, were child laborers once compelled to dig for ore in the desert.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 June 2026
As recounted by Peter Biskind in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Cimino ran long and went over budget on his epic drama about the Johnson County War, which saw cattle barons attacking immigrant laborers in late 19th-century Wyoming.
—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
So on market days, local Colored laborers would follow in the tradition of the formerly enslaved, riding donkeys, horses, or rowing boats to other parishes where food was in greater supply and available for sale.
—
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laborer
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And as many companies continue to prioritize in-person workers for promotions, this gap will likely widen even further over time.
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But this year, the union, which covers nine bargaining units and represents nearly 100,000 state workers, is not currently scheduled to receive a raise this summer.
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Cohen also invited Tom DeWolf, whose family was once the largest slave-trader in the United States, to join him.
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What is known for sure is that shortly after the wall’s demolition, the intersection of Wall Street and Pearl Street served as New York City’s slave market from 1711 to 1762.
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