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plumber

[pluhm-er] / ˈplʌm ər /




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One is why anyone living a normal life needs a bot to perform such quotidian tasks as reading and writing emails, placing appointments on a calendar or calling a plumber.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

In a Fox News interview, Netanyahu also praised an Israeli passenger who helped overpower the attacker, identifying him only as Yanik and describing him as a plumber.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

But when the water heater broke, I paid the plumber.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The plumber told her the issue wasn’t the pipes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

“The plumber is downstairs. He wants me to help him figure out why it’s been acting up.”

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

There will always be demand for electricians, plumbers, construction workers and people on factory floors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Electricians and plumbers have seen their hours and income surge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“That was unintended,” he replies, only digging himself in deeper when he explains that, like plumbers or electricians, he was there to do a job.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

But they were also musicians and scientists and doctors and plumbers and farmers and mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters and very often children.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

After Strong described at dinner one evening his experiences supervising the carpenters, plumbers, and electricians building his house, Lawrence drove him up the hill to the Rad Lab site.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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