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worker

[wur-ker] / ˈwɜr kər /


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The film, which screens Sunday at the Newport Beach Film Festival, stars comedian Aida Rodriguez as Glori, a Brooklyn-based artist and community-center worker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Her research centre is working with 12 police forces out of 43 in England and Wales, to safely implement sex worker liaison teams.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

She is a mother, a daughter, a community center worker, an artist — and a woman with a complicated romantic and family history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

In 2022, a former Twitter worker, Ahmad Abouammo, was found guilty of spying for Saudi officials keen to unmask critics on the platform.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

The social worker was clueless to the fact that Superman was a fraud, because she called to let Mom know that Dad was going to keep Jonah with him to “keep him safe.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Images released by emergency services showed rescue workers in high-visibility vests scrambling to move debris, rubble and dirt.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Builders and subcontractors say it will be costly and time-consuming to replace workers like Velazquez with U.S. citizens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Among his first actions, Kim approved the layoffs of more than 900 workers and ordered deep cost-saving measures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Pope Leo "celebrated with the medical and nursing staff" and thanked workers for their service, the Vatican press office said.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The sound of construction workers talking added to the rumble.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste


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