Examples of day laborer in a Sentence
They hire day laborers to pick the apples.
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The people who’ll be sent to this remote chain-link camp will be farm workers, day laborers, teachers and others, apparently including lawful visitors and even legal permanent residents who engage in speech that the administration does not like.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 July 2025
Many Home Depot parking lots, where day laborers congregate to find work, now sit empty.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 29 June 2025
Protests broke out in the nation’s second-largest city on June 6, after federal agents conducted unannounced immigration sweeps in the downtown garment district and at a Home Depot store where day laborers were looking for jobs.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2025
While Valencia and other day laborers sought wages, other community members in Paramount and Compton, both in Los Angeles County, are cautiously watching federal troops, bracing for more raids and trying to look to the future while looking out for each other.
—Pamela Avila, USA Today, 11 June 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 July 2025
Many Home Depot parking lots, where day laborers congregate to find work, now sit empty.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 29 June 2025
Protests broke out in the nation’s second-largest city on June 6, after federal agents conducted unannounced immigration sweeps in the downtown garment district and at a Home Depot store where day laborers were looking for jobs.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2025
While Valencia and other day laborers sought wages, other community members in Paramount and Compton, both in Los Angeles County, are cautiously watching federal troops, bracing for more raids and trying to look to the future while looking out for each other.
—Pamela Avila, USA Today, 11 June 2025
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“Day laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20laborer. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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