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foreman

[fawr-muhn, fohr-] / ˈfɔr mən, ˈfoʊr- /


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A complaint has been filed against the factory owner and foreman, both of whom are absconding, police said, adding that four special teams have been set up to trace and arrest them.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

And after she came back to California and got married, she and her husband, the Rindge ranch foreman, started up a Guernsey milk business that became one of the biggest dairy operations in the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

Phillips has shipbuilding in his blood—his great-grandfather worked at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard starting from the 1950s and later rose to foreman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

I heard the judge ask the jury whether they had reached a decision, and the foreman answer, “Yes.”

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

Clyde Bishop, the day-shift foreman, passed through the gate as if I weren’t standing there and climbed the steps to the back porch.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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