menial
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Rasheed took on menial jobs to survive like washing clothes for inmates in exchange for a bit of cash or food.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
By offloading the menial stuff to an artificial-intelligence, she says she has freed up time she wouldn’t otherwise have, which she now spends taking guitar and singing lessons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
While robots may be able to take over menial tasks, humans will be needed to supervise and repair complex fleets.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
Luke has been waiting 65 years, doing menial work as a bartender in the Junction, hoping to be reunited with his love.
From Salon • Nov. 27, 2025
Most Scholars who aren’t enslaved work menial jobs—as farmhands or cleaners or stevedores—backbreaking labor for which they’re paid next to nothing.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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The Handmaid's Tale
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