janitor
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Laura Esquivel, a janitor at Los Angeles International Airport, expressed frustration that council members were not standing by their earlier commitment.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
The company hires people for roles like janitor, maintenance worker and in other trades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
I used to be a janitor, and I used to move furniture, so podcasting and stand-up is not so bad when you talk about having a job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
The son of parents who fled Sierra Leone's civil war in the 1990s, Tiafoe used to sleep on the floor at a plush Maryland tennis centre where his father was a janitor.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
Eric and Caroline had met at the school, where he was a janitor.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
In one videotaped speech during a high school student government campaign, he complains of being told to pick up his trash, saying that should be the work of paid janitors.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
A museum guard stood outside the bathroom, and janitors cleaned the piece every 15 minutes or so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
ICE agents I’ve spoken with say they have arrested or detained office workers, janitors, dishwashers, gardeners, and day laborers and raided Home Depots.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2025
Some professions received carve-outs, including doctors, accountants, real estate agents and hairdressers; while others such as truckers, commercial janitors and physical therapists must abide by the tighter classification rules.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
They are janitors and construction workers and garbage collectors; they make fabric and operate trains and drive buses.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
