labor

"The consumer is currently very healthy, primarily because of a healthy labor market," Barnum said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

He lasted two days as a Sea Org recruiter, meaning, he writes, “contractually, I owe the Church of Scientology a billion years of labor minus two days.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

He thinks these moves won’t hurt the U.S. labor market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

And anybody who has ever worked in a customer-facing job knows that hospitality, particularly of the relentlessly sunny variety, can involve a tremendous amount of emotional labor.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Do you want to come to the labor department and the market?”

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

At Schaeffler, Digit labors alone inside a Plexiglas cage, moving baskets for four hours, recharging over lunch, then going again for another four hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

Aleys acknowledges the contentment of the Beguines, understanding that their communal labors knit their “hopes, their labor, even their disagreements” as “strands in a single weave.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

In New York, this month brings a wealth of opportunities to appreciate the fruits of these labors, principally at the Museum of Modern Art’s annual festival of film preservation, “To Save and Project.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

The hivemind refuses to hurt or kill any living being, states its preference for vegetarianism and merrily labors to care for the few who aren’t like them.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025

So he hadn’t been pouting after all; he’d been resting up and planning for his labors.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

The noise of backhoes, cranes and bulldozers echoed across Colombia's quake-hit cities on Sunday as workers labored to remove rubble, though the chance of finding survivors was slim a week after the disaster.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Her brother had labored to secure White House approval for the bill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Really labored breathing, kind of tugging in their belly, tugging between their ribs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Last Thanksgiving, Megan Thee Stallion labored for days to prepare an elaborate holiday dinner for then-boyfriend Klay Thompson and his family.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026

He wore his cuffed, baggy work khakis and a short-sleeved white shirt, and labored at the center of a rising red cloud of dust like a crew-cut genie who’d just appeared there.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

With a band laboring in the pit, the stage became a dance floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

A quarter-century Jean’s senior, David is trying to finish a stalled book project, laboring in the shadow of his more prolific and successful wife, Ann.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

Montiel, 62, said Chavez’s legacy continues to reverberate as the union has pushed for improved working conditions for people laboring in extreme heat, at times without adequate breaks or water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

"For decades, while laboring in the vineyards of the community, he inspired us to keep hope alive in the struggle for liberty and justice for all," the Democrat said.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

By 1904 he was married, had a newborn son, and was laboring in the patent office—hardly the path to greatness.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife