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or gopher
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Recent Examples of gofer
As a kid in Riverside, 50 miles east of Los Angeles, Bobby went to work as a caddie and a construction gofer.
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Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Gray foxes keep gopher, vole, ground squirrel, rat and mice populations in check.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
The 360-acre preserve adjacent to the LEC and Deltona Regional Library is home to a variety of wildlife, including Florida scrub jays and gopher tortoises, which are drawn to the low vegetation and sandy ridges of the scrub habitat.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Younger by a year and a half, Rahaman Ali gave up his own boxing career to become a chauffeur, sparring partner, gofer, chef and right-hand man for older brother Muhammad.
—Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Aug. 2025
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Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Gray foxes keep gopher, vole, ground squirrel, rat and mice populations in check.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
The 360-acre preserve adjacent to the LEC and Deltona Regional Library is home to a variety of wildlife, including Florida scrub jays and gopher tortoises, which are drawn to the low vegetation and sandy ridges of the scrub habitat.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Younger by a year and a half, Rahaman Ali gave up his own boxing career to become a chauffeur, sparring partner, gofer, chef and right-hand man for older brother Muhammad.
—Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gofer
Noun
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Schroder was whistled for a technical seven seconds later then Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson — a former Warriors top assistant — received a technical.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Not that Julian sees much kinship, initially, with his new assistant.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Having progressed from bottle washing and being a general dogsbody to a youth strength and conditioning coach, Bunce served as Southampton’s head of athletic development between 2011 and 2014, working closely with youngsters such as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Luke Shaw.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
17 Dec. 2024
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Mercedes is everybody’s dogsbody, at home and at work.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2024
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Ironically, a hiring surge of factotums has helped push San Diego to the financial brink.—
Kate Callen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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But the ringer is Michael Cera, as Norwegian tutor Bjørn Lund, employed as an all-purpose factotum by the shady, swaggering, death-defying entrepreneur played by Del Toro.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Although free labor can help a candidate win, volunteers are also seen as a source of risk, best restricted to such drudge work as phone banking or door knocking.—
Charles Duhigg,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Some of the routine tasks given to new hires are drudge work and not a learning experience.—
Justin Hotard,
Fortune,
7 Dec. 2025
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Cruz called out to the bathroom attendant reporting for duty.—
Natalia Favre,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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In 16th-century Italy, Roman merchants reportedly partnered with cardinals’ papal conclave attendants to wager on who would be named the new pope.—
Kelli María Korducki,
thehustle.co,
3 Apr. 2026
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Baena is Schwarzenegger's son with former housekeeper Mildred Baena.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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The horror film stars Zazie Beetz as a housekeeper who works in a sinister high-rise apartment.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Gofer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gofer. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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