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Stevedores drove the tractors up a ramp into the belly of the Leo Spirit, a ship that would take them to Asia.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2024

Stevedores were, in fact, deemed a kind of “seamen” by the Supreme Court itself.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2022

His boss though, John Daniels of Precision Stevedores, is much less cheerful.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2020

He was a lawyer with the Federal Maritime Commission and for several stevedoring associations before 1973 when he joined the newly reconstituted National Association of Stevedores, which later became the National Association of Waterfront Employers.

From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2018

Stevedores and riggers by the hundreds strained against winches and loaded crates of rations and ammunition into the holds of the warships snugged into their berths.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly