Example Sentences

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His father was a metal lather and union member.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2022

“It’s a tough business, and I want to show my support,” Tamek Sellars, a metal lather with Local 46, said before the Mass, when hundreds of workers assembled on Fifth Avenue.

From New York Times • May 2, 2016