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Noun
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In one of the tents set up for the devotees in the capital, laborer Ankit Gupta put out plates and food in anticipation of the arrival of the next group of pilgrims.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025 -
The document lacks details on how states’ regulations would be judged, but some blue states, like California and New York, have already started passing laws protecting workers’ rights against AI—with support from unions and laborers.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
23 July 2025
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Jackson hoped that the exhibition would counter the misconception that medieval women were universally downtrodden drudges.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
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The corporate laborers of the industrial age were drudges, and might have needed the scaffolding of managerial hierarchies to make widgets in bulk.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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Overwatering can lead to an abundance of mosquitoes, fleas, termites, and carpenter ants, as well as grubs, sod webworms, and cutworms that damage lawn grasses.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
20 July 2025
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In a similar vein, those interested in making their homes and tablescapes more delicious by nodding to all things grub should first think about the kinds of foods that spark the happiest memories and bring them the most joy, thus refining their search criteria for home pieces online.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
2 July 2025
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Also on view was one of his French workman’s jacket and more than 200 books, photos and notes as well as his feather collection.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
25 July 2025
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Kurt Jordan said that the town was in danger of losing its workman’s compensation insurance in January 2024 because his wife couldn’t get the payroll records from the fire corporation.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.—
Peter Abraham,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 Aug. 2023
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Between his backstage segments, and being protected in defeat, Leon Ruff is quietly going from a glorified jobber to a legitimate midcarder.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
12 May 2021
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McCardell is the one who ignored its provenance as a humble workingman’s textile and brought it to women’s wear.—
Julia Turner,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2025
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Kimmel has a great blend of classy guy and workingman’s appeal, but this isn’t his strongest night.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Navvy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navvy. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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