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
One morning, we sat with Dunkin’ Donuts coffees and Penguin Classics editions of “The Scarlet Letter” on the steps of the Salem Custom House, where Nathaniel Hawthorne lived as the surveyor of Salem.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
But mum Monika, a quantity surveyor based near Milton Keynes, said she had "no idea how difficult it would be" to find a new place for their son.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
I saw in their faces how happy they were, and sad, too, because Uncle Katsuhisa would never be a land surveyor.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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