lumberjack

He was the genuine artifact, the son of an impoverished Minnesota miner; a lumberjack and a steelworker in his youth.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

In 1896, a local lumberjack near a small town in northeastern Wisconsin told of a bizarre green monster roaming the nearby woods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

The number of female competitors in lumberjack sports has more than trebled in the past 30 years, according to Samantha LaSalle, event director of the Lumberjack World Championships.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

After ogling old cars, lean into nostalgia in the Meadow Gold District, dotted with retro shops and “muffler men,” giant fiberglass statues of a lumberjack, a cowboy and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

Aiyi had followed me into my room at three in the morning, and she instantly fell asleep on one of the twin beds, snoring with the might of a lumberjack.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

The word “timberbeast” appeared for the first time in The Times yesterday in a story about lumberjacks.

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022

They still had Bryce Harper and his merry band of fastball-destroying lumberjacks.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2022

The fire service said 320 firefighters in 68 fire engines, plus 6 special planes, 9 helicopters and numerous volunteers are fighting the fire, while another 200 lumberjacks are cutting firebreak paths through the forest.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2022

Dinner: Impossible Robert Irvine is in the forests near Mackinaw City, Mich., to create a Paul Bunyan-sized dinner for 50 lumberjacks and a dish for timber show guests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2021

A few, like Joe, were farm boys or lumberjacks or fishermen, the products of foggy coastal villages, damp dairy farms, and smoky lumber towns all over the state.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown