as in prostitute
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money
a group that serves as an advocate for the health and welfare of sex workers
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Since 1971, Robert Hansen, an unassuming 44-year-old Anchorage bakery owner and married father of two, had been abducting dancers and prostitutes, flying them to the backcountry on his Piper Super Cub plane and then releasing them and—armed with a gun and hunting knife—stalking them like wild prey.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026 -
His constituents affirmed their support in 1990 after a scandal involving his association with a male prostitute, which a House Ethics Committee investigation found included Frank fixing parking tickets and making misleading statements to prosecutors in criminal cases involving the prostitute.—
Jon Keller,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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This kind of inclusivity would explain Glenn Close‘s appearance — as a visiting literary scholar — at just the right moment, as well as Penélope Cruz’s showstopping cameo as Nené, a singer-slash-hooker who schools Sebastián on the then-nascent form of the modern transgender movement.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
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Bemis, sold by her family in China and sent to America, worked as a domestic, not as a hooker.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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Exile in Europe led to a midnight jam session with Chet Baker, two years living with Parisian call girls and work for the King of Morocco.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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In the film, Hamnet Oscar winner Buckley plays Frankenstein author Mary Shelly, who channels her original intentions for her Bride character in the novel into a 1930s Chicago call girl named Ida.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Sex worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sex%20worker. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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