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carpenter

[kahr-puhn-ter] / ˈkɑr pən tər /


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Following an uncomplicated pregnancy, primary school teacher Lauryn and her husband Andrew, a carpenter, say they "didn't have too much of a plan" beyond an expected vaginal delivery at Luton and Dunstable Hospital.

From BBC • May 11, 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

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

In the following days, she was mostly silent, withdrawn, as they sat outside and watched the carpenter cutting, hammering, smoothing.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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