manual labor
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Before fully dedicating himself to music, Lake worked as a postman and did manual labor jobs in the fish processing industry in the U.K.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Cleaning M&M’s machinery would still require more manual labor in the short term, reducing efficiency on production lines, Hewitt said, but the disruption would be manageable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Bamberger continued to spend his time doing manual labor on the ranch well into his 90s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
“You have a lot of manual labor that involves very heavy moving of objects and people can get cut. People can get hurt,” said Pras Velagapudi, chief technology officer at Agility Robotics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
The reverend nodded, adding that Clarkebury students were required to do manual labor after school hours, and he would arrange for me to work in his garden.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
