janitor

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“I’m crying,” said Nidia Perez, a grandmother and school janitor who caught the game in a plaza in Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 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 free-form jazz in the film makes the atmosphere almost farcical, a choice that feels even more strange when Bong introduces the apartment complex’s janitor, who has a taste for dog meat.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

The former school janitor who had also served in the RAF had given up bowling himself, but continued to attend the club on a social basis following the death of his long-term partner.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

Maybe he was a caterer as well as a janitor.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan