workman
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He occasionally overburdens the reader with minutiae of political and organizational rivalries and is more workman than stylist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
"I immediately thought of a sci-fi movie where it looked like a troop formation about to attack," Simon Eriksson, a workman from Malmo, told the Swedish state broadcaster.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
Navy workman jackets appeared in the lockers of Chargers players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024
No confirmed deaths have been reported from any of the recent eruptions, but a workman was declared missing after falling into a fissure opened by the volcano.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2024
He walked and worked among his villagers, thought of their welfare, and could tell the good workman from the bad.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The lofty cast-iron dome was virtually finished during the Civil War, over the opposition of those who felt the funds and the workmen should be put to military use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
At the inquest in December 1966 to decide on the treasure's fate, Nottinghamshire coroner Claude Mack did not spare the workmen who had filled their pockets.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
They also smuggled in equipment and paid workmen to rehabilitate water and electricity infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025
The same word was written again multiple times on Tuesday while white paint was thrown over the picture, with workmen acting quickly to clean it.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
Over the next few days he and his workmen were in and out of our house constantly.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
