sweatshop
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The fashion-magazine moment is long gone as Miranda deals with such alarming new trends as budget cuts, the imperative to cram her vision into annoying little video clips, and consumer sensitivity to sweatshop manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Both leaders had famously tough childhoods -- Lee worked in a sweatshop to support his family, while Lula dropped out of school to sell peanuts and shine shoes.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
They lived for a while in Harlem while his mother worked in a sweatshop and got by with the help of food stamps.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
In 1994, freshly out of law school, Su led the first of 72 Thai garment workers to freedom after their rescue from an El Monte sweatshop and subsequent detention by the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
Minka Levinsky was a girl who worked in a sweatshop to help her ailing mother make their meager rent.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
“They’re not really sweatshops, but they’re as close as you can get to them,” Menon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
At the same time, "Fiddler" coincided with the Jewish exodus from tenements and sweatshops to suburban homes and professional opportunities.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023
Those hired overseas experienced their own problems, however, because outsourcing often led to the rise of sweatshops, factories where poorly paid workers labor in dangerous environments.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Charles Kernaghan, who showed how U.S. aid subsidized the construction of sweatshops in developing countries, is dead at 74.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
Although I am sure that there are call centers that are operated like sweatshops, 24/7 is not one of them.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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East Asia - Middle School
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