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Johnson’s novella captured specific, sometimes seemingly insignificant, moments in the life of an ordinary logger named Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), who died at 80.
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Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2026
That means making sure that the people who live and work on our public lands can afford to do so, whether that’s a fishing guide, a firefighter, or a logger.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 3 Feb. 2026
Adapted from Denis Johnson’s novella, Train Dreams stars Joel Edgerton in an elegiac, mournful portrait of a logger at the turn of the century.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
By the early 20th century, after several centuries of rape, disease, enslavement, and land confiscation by colonizers, rubber barons, and loggers, their numbers had been reduced to 300.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
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Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2026
That means making sure that the people who live and work on our public lands can afford to do so, whether that’s a fishing guide, a firefighter, or a logger.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 3 Feb. 2026
Adapted from Denis Johnson’s novella, Train Dreams stars Joel Edgerton in an elegiac, mournful portrait of a logger at the turn of the century.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
By the early 20th century, after several centuries of rape, disease, enslavement, and land confiscation by colonizers, rubber barons, and loggers, their numbers had been reduced to 300.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for logger
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The drive honors the late lumberman and passionate outdoorsman Pierce Stocking and begins just south of Glen Lake before winding upward through thick hardwood forests.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2026
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Train Dreams, based on a novella by Denis Johnson, follows his key character one Robert Grainier, played brilliantly by Edgerton, a lumberman who felled timber for railroads at the turn of the 20th century.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But this year’s report, published Wednesday, has the Queen City of the East – home of horror author Stephen King and the mythical birthplace of lumberjack Paul Bunyan – standing alone.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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The line's North to Alaska program brings Indigenous Alaskans and resident experts on board, from lumberjacks who can swing an axe with style to mountain climbers who have tackled Denali.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Through the act, the Kansas Forest Service received $300,000 to put toward beautification and planting efforts in Wyandotte County, said Blaine Stroble, a community forester with the state.—
Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2026
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Goldsworthy had originally sought to use a site about half a mile away, but the head forester of the Buccleuch estate, Jim Colchester, had urged him to visit this spot.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Logger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logger. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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