working people
Example Sentences
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“The idea that average working people could afford homes of their own was so exotic,” Pizzigati said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Wendell Berry, a Kentucky farmer and writer whose work advocated fiercely for working landscapes and working people, died “suddenly and peacefully” on Monday at his home in Port Royal, Ky., according to his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Frankly, it is offensive to working people and I have had enough," said the former Tory MP.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Rags-to-riches stories tend to be as fabulistic as tales designed to sell the upper class as fair and solicitous to the needs of working people, or amenable to Cinderella fantasies.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
“He ought to keep his eyes closed to things like that and know who his friends are. A boss is a boss, and working people got to stick together.”
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
