day laborer
Example Sentences
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A pair of blue and yellow earplugs dangle on Jose’s neck while waiting for work as a day laborer out of the Home Depot in Cypress Park.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
The day laborer said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have previously detained other workers at the Panorama City Home Depot and have returned frequently.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025
Ricardo, who earns a meager income as a day laborer, shares his small single-family house with 18 other people, including his three children, parents and other extended family.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
Fiction at Sundance this year, “Trokas Duras” is a lush depiction of a day in the life of a day laborer, or jornalero, in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
So there was nothing to do but to wait and work as a day laborer yet for a while.
From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.
