laborer
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According to tradition, Caedmon worked as a laborer at Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
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
Ricardo, who earns a meager income as a day laborer, shares his small single-family house with 18 other people, including his three children, parents and other extended family.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
One black laborer explained his presence to a reporter from Jet magazine by saying he had already walked 335 miles to and from work since the boycott started.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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