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sweatshop

[swet-shop] / ˈswɛtˌʃɒp /


NOUN
mill
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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 famously clawed their way to the top from unlikely beginnings -- 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

Zookeepers “may as well live and die surrounded by animals than in a sweatshop or war zone, right?”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

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

Sugar was a bridge—like the sneakers and T-shirts and rugs that, today, we know are made by sweatshop labor.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson




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