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Since 2020, Wang has labored on “Expats,” which delves into the lives of three American women living abroad in Hong Kong and examines how their lives intersect within the city’s international community.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024

As the sun sank over the Pacific near the Oaxacan port city of Salina Cruz, 63-year-old Carlos Estrada hurried to finish work in the salt mine where he has labored since he was 15.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2022

“He has labored offensively, I think in large part because of how people have defended him,” Self said of Agbaji after the game on Sunday.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2022

But with American coach Jesse Marsch barking orders from the touchline, Leipzig exposed glaring weaknesses in coach Mauricio Pochettino’s team, which despite winning nine of 10 league games has labored and needed late goals.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2021

Dr. Nehemiah Adams, of Boston, has labored in the same field, exerting himself to prove this doctrine in various tracts and other works.

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman