worked

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Fernández, 60, worked for years picking grapes, oranges and other crops.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"In all the areas I've worked in… it's by far the worst here," one of the officers involved, PC Victoria Gaunt, told us.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The CEO has worked for Nestlé for about a quarter of a century, with stints in Honduras and Mexico and a spell running Nespresso, a brand sold in 81 countries.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Using a technique known as Approximate Bayesian Computation, the researchers worked backward from the fossil record to estimate how far organisms spread and how intensely they competed for resources.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

“You had no right,” I begin, getting more worked up as the train rumbles away from the tracks.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse