working people
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Ms. Cho’s Ye-ji is sweetly ingratiating, earnest in her desire to capture the lives of working people, yet she has a self-congratulatory air and turns stiff when politely called to account for her own obliviousness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Mike Clancy, general secretary of the Prospect trade union, welcomed the government's commitment to giving workers more of a say, but warned against "creating the conditions in which working people become victims" of AI.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“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
“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
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