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 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
“Yuletide Factory,” a circus show at the New Victory Theater, splits the difference, locating its cheer inside a sweatshop churning out seasonal doodads.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024
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
After my mother was arrested in the sweatshop immigration raid, a prison doctor had given her a shot of a drug to keep her calm overnight; That shot, my mother believed, caused Caroline’s condition.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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East Asia - Middle School
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