laborer

Example Sentences

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Few Indians—other than the many who migrated there as merchants and agricultural laborers under the Raj—felt any but the loosest kinship with Burma.

From The Wall Street Journal

The following month, Border Patrol agents led by Bovino were on the ground in L.A., tackling car wash workers, arresting street vendors and chasing down day laborers.

From Los Angeles Times

In the early 20th century, irrigation reforms turned the Mexican borderlands into rich terrain for cotton growing, attracting migrant laborers from all over the country.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pity that “Train Dreams” will likely go as unheralded as Edgerton’s humble laborer.

From Los Angeles Times

Wat Tyler led the Peasants Revolt some 150 years later to get a better deal for farm laborers.

From The Wall Street Journal