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Recent Examples of swamper
Their partners, known as swampers, grabbed at underbrush and dragged it away.
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M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
During his tenure in the oil patch, Smith worked as a truck driver’s assistant, or swamper, for a rig-moving company.
—Sarah Smarsh, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2021
If something were to happen to the captain, the swamper would be the one to radio for help and manage the situation until others arrived.
—Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 15 Dec. 2017
That comes from my roots of playing in clubs where sometimes the only person who was there was the swamper cleaning up the bar.
—Bob Doerschuk, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017
M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
During his tenure in the oil patch, Smith worked as a truck driver’s assistant, or swamper, for a rig-moving company.
—Sarah Smarsh, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2021
If something were to happen to the captain, the swamper would be the one to radio for help and manage the situation until others arrived.
—Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 15 Dec. 2017
That comes from my roots of playing in clubs where sometimes the only person who was there was the swamper cleaning up the bar.
—Bob Doerschuk, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swamper
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Ortiz recalls anecdotes from domestic laborers during the aftermath of the Woolsey fire—workers being hired to put out fires, employers evacuating but leaving their household workers behind to care for pets, workers left behind to clean toxic ash.—
Simmone Shah,
TIME,
26 Jan. 2025
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Read Article > The H-1B visa program helps corporations replace US workers with cheap foreign laborers who lack basic rights.—
Vox Staff,
Vox,
23 Jan. 2025
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The story goes that two brothers, Benny and Clovis Martin, former streetcar workers who had opened a coffee stand, began feeding striking colleagues with big sandwiches stuffed into half loaves of bread.—
Katie Workman,
Twin Cities,
3 Feb. 2025
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The airport had one fewer worker than that target. Executive Airport tower staffing Sacramento Executive Airport, on the other hand, narrowly avoided a scenario in which no one was working in the tower.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Feb. 2025
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This not only affects individual livelihoods but also deprives corporations of the diverse perspectives and innovative ideas that Asian-American employees bring to the table.—
John Wang,
New York Daily News,
2 Feb. 2025
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The employees worked in multiple offices across the agency and included civil rights attorneys, public relations and IT specialists, people who helped students defrauded by colleges and others, according to Brittany Holder, a spokesperson for the American Federation of Government Employees.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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To pretend otherwise in the year 2024 is all-but to out oneself as a hireling.—
Charles C. W. Cooke,
National Review,
12 Feb. 2024
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Who are those hirelings, paid for by foreign intelligence services?!—
The Editors,
Foreign Affairs,
4 June 2011
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“Swamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swamper. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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