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worker

[wur-ker] / ˈwɜr kər /


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The looming impact of federal Medicaid cuts has reignited a long-simmering, costly battle between California’s medical industry and one of its largest health worker unions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The tracks were first spotted by a worker at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire four years ago - with paleontologists soon descending on the site.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

This new small worker city—rows of modular units and RV spaces—could rise minutes from the Bison Crossing neighborhood, where the Higginses live.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"The whole of this marine area is a protected zone. To destroy it would be fatal for this region's biodiversity," Emiljona Puja, a finance worker, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

“Tell me who’s the lady in the picture!” he demanded, feeling entitled to the information because the social worker had made him think about such unpleasant things when the conversation had started out so good.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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