perspiration
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His second book, "99% Perspiration," explored the culture of work in America dating back to Columbus.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
In this Money Talks: Emily Peck is joined by journalist and author Adam Chandler to discuss what he discovered about how Americans think about work while writing his book 99% Perspiration.
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2025
Adam Chandler is the author of “Drive-Thru Dreams” and the forthcoming “99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life,” from which this article is adapted.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2025
Perspiration, even from a long-ago dance in a Tuscan garden, may continue a hundred years later to oxidize metallic thread, to alter the molecular structure of a fabric.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 16, 2015
Perspiration puddled in the notch where Rosaleen’s collarbones came together.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Vocabulary lists containing perspiration
Charlotte's Web
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