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carpenter

[kahr-puhn-ter] / ˈkɑr pən tər /


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“I’ve dropped it off three-story buildings and it just bounces,” said Niall Buryk, a Toronto carpenter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The court heard the self-employed carpenter and joiner, who had served in the military before an injury cut his career short, had struggled with his mental health.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

His father was a carpenter helping build minesweepers at Terminal Island for the Navy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

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

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

In the morning she had a carpenter called who took her measurements for the coffin as she stood in the parlor, as if it were for a new dress.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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