as in worker
a person who does very hard or dull work
they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships
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Recent Examples of laborer
Last January, a three-day raid in Kern County where undocumented laborers were arrested set off panic in the Central Valley and other farming regions with large immigrant workforces.
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Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
As the sweep unfolded, dozens of laborers moved methodically through the forest’s steep and muddy terrain.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
By design, the responsibility to pay these workers shifted from the employers, who were reluctant to pay Black laborers in the first place, to the whims of the customers.
—Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
One laborer stole a parking placard and made a copy of it in order to park in a secure lot, the OIG found.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
As the sweep unfolded, dozens of laborers moved methodically through the forest’s steep and muddy terrain.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
By design, the responsibility to pay these workers shifted from the employers, who were reluctant to pay Black laborers in the first place, to the whims of the customers.
—Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
One laborer stole a parking placard and made a copy of it in order to park in a secure lot, the OIG found.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laborer
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Much like the demonstrations two decades ago, organizers on Friday also called for a general boycott — no school, no work, no shopping — in an effort to demand that the country put workers above billionaires by taxing the rich.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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On Friday afternoon, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the 57-year-old worker as Thomas Darcy, a Schaumburg resident.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Officials believe this may be the only former slave auction site still in existence in South Carolina.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
21 Apr. 2026
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But fear of a robot rebellion, like the fear of slave rebellion before the Civil War, remained.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborer. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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