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Recent Examples of sweatshop
Images of child laborers and sweatshops undoubtedly compel some consumers to buy American.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025
Adding further fuel were the recent supply chain scandals in Italy’s high-end pipeline, which linked marquee brands including Dior, Valentino, Loro Piana, Giorgio Armani and Tod’s, among others, to subcontractors allegedly engaged in sweatshop schemes and labor exploitation.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
Conducting business with the State Department was now on the same level as purchasing soft pretzels and sweatshop clothing, and this calmed Daria.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
The sweatshop videos had earlier circulated on Chinese social media platforms, and were amplified by Chinese and Russian state media.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025
Adding further fuel were the recent supply chain scandals in Italy’s high-end pipeline, which linked marquee brands including Dior, Valentino, Loro Piana, Giorgio Armani and Tod’s, among others, to subcontractors allegedly engaged in sweatshop schemes and labor exploitation.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
Conducting business with the State Department was now on the same level as purchasing soft pretzels and sweatshop clothing, and this calmed Daria.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
The sweatshop videos had earlier circulated on Chinese social media platforms, and were amplified by Chinese and Russian state media.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweatshop
Noun
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That means, of course, she’s now been phased out of her role as a factory lackey in dystopian near-future Brazil due to her age.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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According to People’s Daily Online (PDO), its diverse industrial base provides realistic environments where humanoid robots can be trained to handle complex, real-world factory conditions before deployment on production lines.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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When this relocation process breaks down, and viscous black liquid flows into marine environments, plants and animals are evolutionarily unprepared.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Thousands of striking employees will return to work at the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley on Tuesday after the company agreed to return to the negotiating table, union officials said.—
Denver Post,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
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Following a successful trial in late 2025, the Turkish denim mill has selected three shades from the FiberColors palette to feature in its Fall/Winter 2027-2028 collection.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The mill was abandoned in the 1970s, the rail line in the ’80s, and both sat decaying until just before the pandemic.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
3 Apr. 2026
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Some of the creators Expand Co-Lab works with include Brandon Smithwrick, Varun Rana, Sara Uy, Corporate Bro, Rachel Tokar, Matthew Kearney, and Morgan Young.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Icons are ancient works of religious art, often depictions of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, saints and scenes from the Bible.—
Olivia Wakim,
AJC.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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Private museum tours, sandal-making workshops, and boat trips to the nearby islands of Aegina and Kea (where another One&Only opens in 2024) can be arranged.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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The festival also offers graffiti art, dance battles, film screenings, panel discussions, workshops and vendors.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Sweatshop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweatshop. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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