laborer
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Pity that “Train Dreams” will likely go as unheralded as Edgerton’s humble laborer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
A mechanics lien, also referred to as a contractor’s lien, is usually filed by an unpaid contractor, laborer or supplier, as a hold against the property.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 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
As a poor white laborer, C.P., too, was locked out from the traditional Southern institutions of power.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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