dirty work

Example Sentences

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Some of that dirty work, however, is moving to Europe as Mr. Orbán looks to make Hungary an EV hub and Asian battery manufacturers move production abroad to offset tariff risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Instead, it’s better to humor him by pursuing it and letting some element of the legal system—a judge, a grand jury—do the dirty work of keeping the rule of law at least somewhat intact.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2026

Cybersecurity experts are warning that artificial intelligence agents, widely considered the next frontier in the generative AI revolution, could wind up getting hijacked and doing the dirty work for hackers.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

He was more than willing to do the dirty work when required.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

“They send fourteen-year-old boys to do their dirty work? Not very English, I’d have said. Not cricket! What?”

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz