laborer

Example Sentences

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As in the U.S., many gig laborers say they still prefer their work to other options.

From The Wall Street Journal

They’ve been a necessity for laborers in the area since late November, when Home Depot installed three machines in the parking lot that emit a high-pitched tone.

From Los Angeles Times

That emphasis on empathy shapes Meredith's broader goal of bringing attention back to the laborers behind ancient material culture.

From Science Daily

Next door, a power saw broke the silence as construction laborers rebuilt a neighbor’s home.

From Los Angeles Times

“Without laborers,” she writes, “who were often illiterate and almost never speak for themselves in historical texts—there would have been no Mughal Empire.”

From The Wall Street Journal