workman
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He ultimately made his way to Los Angeles where he broke into acting, with his first on-screen gig playing a workman in “Archie Bunker’s Place” in 1981.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
He occasionally overburdens the reader with minutiae of political and organizational rivalries and is more workman than stylist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Among the theories for the cause of the fire are a cigarette left by a workman, or an electrical fault.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024
No confirmed deaths have been reported from any of the recent eruptions, but a workman was declared missing after falling into a fissure opened by the volcano.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2024
A workman on a ladder was pulling Willie Streeter's name off the marquee, letter by letter.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
Scammers pretending to be legitimate workmen are charging homeowners thousands of pounds for roofing work that is not completed, done badly or not necessary, according to Citizens Advice.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
They, like the workmen loading barrels on the street, are all attending to the business of the once Dutch, now fully American port city we call New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
They also smuggled in equipment and paid workmen to rehabilitate water and electricity infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025
The same word was written again multiple times on Tuesday while white paint was thrown over the picture, with workmen acting quickly to clean it.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
It was twelve o’clock before I got any satisfactory hint of such a building, and this I got at a coffee-shop, where some workmen were having their dinner.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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