laborer

Example Sentences

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This laborer wants to know what you mean by labor becoming tokenized.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

He chatted with a day laborer who stopped by to grab a snack, and explained they were there to film any interactions with federal agents, as part of their national rapid-response effort.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

The glamour of Wall Street had replaced the dignity of the skilled laborer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Tincher was now a manual laborer on one leg, but he was denied disability benefits by the Social Security Administration the following year.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

My father went to work every day dressed in the blue uniform of a city laborer, but at night he showed us what it meant to love jazz and art.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama