physical work
Example Sentences
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Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Mind Robotics is building AI-powered robots that can perform physical work in Rivian automotive plants and other factories.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
On Wednesday, the full power of healthcare’s role burst into full view, and marked a clear shift in a labor market now geared toward the hard, often physical, work of caring for America’s aging population.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
In the “digging” she stitches together the physical work of excavation, the ‘60s and ‘70s colloquial meaning of “dig” as to “understand” and, lastly, its nod to DJ/crate-digging culture that remixes and reimagines.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
Dr Ceri Bradshaw, a psychologist at Swansea University, said there was a risk that people could be "easily tricked" by snappy, 60-second cleaning videos that in reality take hours of physical work.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025
I was glad of the hard physical work that drove some of the damp from my bones and for the occasional bite of raw potato when guards were not watching.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
