working people
Example Sentences
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“Whether they’re farmworkers or construction workers, hotel workers, restaurant workers, nannies who take care of children, these are working people, and yet they are being treated as if they were some sort of horrible criminals.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The most recent high-profile progressive candidate to embrace those working people: Abdul El-Sayed, whose economic populism helped him win the 2026 Michigan Democratic Senate primary.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
"We have chosen to focus on the cost of living in our first week, signalling that concern for working people will be at the heart of everything we do," he added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
“This is the relief that working people across our city deserve,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Still, I believe that this book as a whole truthfully portrays Fannie Sellins’s life and her commitment to working people.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
