plumber
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A handsome plumber was as likely to get in as a couture-clad socialite; once inside, he might find himself chatting up Mick Jagger or dancing with Liza Minnelli.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Nat, a former Navy SEAL, launched Minuteman Plumbing, Heating & Cooling with a master plumber he met through a Harvard mentor between graduation and starting his job at a consulting firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Cuban-born plumber Roberto Mosquera -- who has been in Florida since he was a child -- was even a "super Trump supporter", according to his daughter Monica.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
His closest rival for the seat, Reform UK's Robert Kenyon, a plumber and local councillor, was second in the constituency at the 2024 general election.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
With his pliers, the plumber twisted the inner workings of the lock.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Shortages of everything from electricians and plumbers to gas turbines and memory chips have driven up the cost of building new centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The company, which makes a software for trade professionals like plumbers and electricians, got caught in the software pullback earlier this year.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
AFSCME’s members include custodians, gardeners, dining hall food service workers, transportation workers and skilled craft workers such as plumbers and electricians.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
He likes to think of QNX engineers as plumbers and electricians, responsible for the stuff we need and never see.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Road-menders and plumbers never went to work with umbrellas.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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