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carpenter

[kahr-puhn-ter] / ˈkɑr pən tər /


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The Welshman juggles his day job as a carpenter with the demands of a sport so visibly brutal it has stayed in the shadows of combat sports for much of its existence.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Sprague co-hosted “Run My Renovation” for the DIY Network and was a carpenter on “Trading Spaces.”

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

After deliberating for a little more than three hours, the jury acquitted 37-year-old union carpenter Juan Espinoza Martinez on the charge of murder for hire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Donaldson, 60, was born in Santa Monica and came up through the construction ranks as a carpenter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

He talks of how Christ was a carpenter, and how he is blessed to follow in the same profession.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson