manual labor
Example Sentences
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A boycott could harm day laborers who rely on customers to hire them for manual labor jobs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
There will be winners, Restrepo said: workers whose jobs require social skills, proximity or manual labor, and consumers, who get cheaper products and services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Everyone, regardless of their background or status, was expected to work, and manual labor was honorable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
He added that “many” undocumented immigrants in the Los Angeles area “do not speak much English,” and work low-wage, manual labor jobs.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2025
Kelley was assigned to his cell twelve hours a day, and taken out for twelve-hour work shifts, building fortifications and doing other heavy manual labor.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
