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Recent Examples of workman
Work is ongoing — a frenzy of hard hats, fluorescent-jacketed workmen and whirring machinery.
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Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
In the Act One climax, one of the workmen, Polish poet Joe Pakulski (Devin Cortez), falls to his death, leaving behind his pregnant wife, an Indigenous woman named Rudy (also Kabeary) who has been working beside him on the high beams.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 July 2024
Companies operating these facilities are exposed to significant liability and workman’s compensation claims.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
His union and workmen’s comp were the only things that ensured our family’s survival.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
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Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
In the Act One climax, one of the workmen, Polish poet Joe Pakulski (Devin Cortez), falls to his death, leaving behind his pregnant wife, an Indigenous woman named Rudy (also Kabeary) who has been working beside him on the high beams.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 July 2024
Companies operating these facilities are exposed to significant liability and workman’s compensation claims.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
His union and workmen’s comp were the only things that ensured our family’s survival.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workman
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These distinctive characteristics make Ardbeg a quintessential Islay whisky, appealing to those who appreciate the artistry of balancing a profound smoky depth with intricate flavors, a testament to the skill and dedication of the distillery's craftsmen.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Ingrained, by Callum Robinson A Scottish writer and fine-furniture craftsman notches a first-rate memoir about understanding his master woodworker father, running a business, and – at the edge of financial disaster – reorienting himself to nature, beauty, and objects that last.—
Staff,
The Christian Science Monitor,
6 Jan. 2025
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This nascent subgenre flows directly from Woody Guthrie’s suite of murder ballads, which gave the workingman’s lament an infusion of antihero glamour.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2024
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His workingman shtick, borrowed from socialist folk-music sentimentality, is sustained by the showbiz equivalent of the Democrat machine.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 Oct. 2024
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Two handymen told reporters they and about a dozen artists escaped the fire, but animals living on the colony, including 40 sheep, pigs, and a Brahman bull ran into the woods.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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The handyman, who is also a competitive motocross racer, is also working with Christina and designer Kylie Wing for their new company Christina & Kylie, which launched in October 2024.—
Natalia Senanayake,
People.com,
16 Dec. 2024
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Over nine months, these big cats systematically attacked workers’ camps at night, dragging victims—who included African laborers, Indian railway workers and even camp supervisors—into the darkness.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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Hopeful men lined up, waiting for construction jobs that would open when laborers inevitably died on the job.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Jan. 2025
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Pettit pointed out that Crow Holdings has a project-labor agreement with the Northwest Indiana Building Trades as well, ensuring that the warehouses will be built with either union builders or non-union builders paid prevailing union wage.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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The Menlo Park City Council on Tuesday, despite significant opposition, unanimously approved the first step of a controversial downtown housing plan, inviting builders to propose plans for over 480 affordable units on land that is currently occupied by city parking lots.—
Ryan Macasero,
The Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Immigrants make up about a third, or 32.5%, of construction tradesmen, according to an analysis of 2023 Census data by the National Association of Home Builders.—
Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
18 Dec. 2024
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That might be enough for some tradesmen and day trippers, but what's the fun in stopping at the first piece in a modular product family that runs deep?—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Nov. 2024
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The book contains funny and terrible things, details and episodes so pungent that they must surely have been stolen from a fantastical artificer like Flann O’Brien.—
James Wood,
The New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2022
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The book includes new spells, character subclasses, story options for groups of players, options for creating sidekicks, tools for Dungeon Masters and includes the artificer class of magical inventors.—
Jordan Culver,
USA TODAY,
24 Aug. 2020
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Indeed, the vast majority of small-business owners have no choice but to do so and pay the same taxes that wage earners pay, including Medicare.—
Paul Kiel,
ProPublica,
11 Dec. 2024
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Premature death takes a human toll as well as an economic one on households and societies, striking down wage earners in the prime of their lives.—
Gavin Yamey,
TIME,
25 Nov. 2024
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“Workman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workman. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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