day laborer

Example Sentences

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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

That’s when the day laborer took out his phone and started to record.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

Moyers was born June 5, 1934 in Hugo, Okla., the son of a dirt farmer and day laborer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 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.