surveyor

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Apart from the Walden adventure, Thoreau appeared as a public speaker and worked as a surveyor and in his father’s very successful pencil factory, for which he created some important innovations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Ibrahim, 52, is a former surveyor in Somaliland's capital Hargeisa, who quit his job in 2015 to try his luck.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

The 53-year-old, who still lives in Dundee, now works as a surveyor.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Malaysia’s palm oil exports during the Nov. 1-30 period are estimated to be 16% lower on month at 1,263,298 metric tons, cargo surveyor AmSpec Agri Malaysia said Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

In fact, while many US history books depict George Washington as a heroic Founding Father and a surveyor too, Indigenous peoples do not think of him that way.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz