janitor
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In high school, he worked nights as a janitor in his father’s law office and, after cleaning up, he snooped through the case files.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
She started as a janitor 16 years ago, one of four cleaning jobs she juggled as a single mother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
I think I've had one interview for a janitor role.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Laura Esquivel, a janitor at Los Angeles International Airport, expressed frustration that council members were not standing by their earlier commitment.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
It was very beautiful, sad music, which was how Raymie knew that it was probably Chopin and that it was probably the janitor playing it.
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
It would mean 60,000+ district workers — teachers, counselors, nurses, bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria workers — would walk out, crippling school operations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
In one videotaped speech during a high school student government campaign, he complains of being told to pick up his trash, saying that should be the work of paid janitors.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
We should be able to leave the movie and not feel like we missed anything if we didn’t stay until the janitors started to sweep.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026
Today I estimate that more than 30,000 Microsoft employees, from secretaries to janitors, have become millionaires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
The few veterans among them worked as cooks or janitors or ship hands.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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