Example Sentences
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Walt Whitman wrote that he heard America singing in the carols of mechanics, carpenters, and shoemakers building our country.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The construction and installation of offshore wind turbines requires the expertise of skilled electrical workers, pipe fitters, welders, pile drivers, iron workers, machinists and carpenters.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
That’s led to a 30% drop in employment from a late-2022 peak for actors, carpenters, costumers and the hundreds of other showbiz professions, according to Labor Department data.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Alongside carpenters and nurses and dockworkers, there were also representatives from a cadre of entertainment industry unions representing actors, writers and production workers.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025
By 1331 the carpenters and roofers had completed work on the spire, which rose above the crossing of the nave and the transept.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
