swamper

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Recent Examples of swamper Their partners, known as swampers, grabbed at underbrush and dragged it away. M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 During his tenure in the oil patch, Smith worked as a truck driver’s assistant, or swamper, for a rig-moving company. Sarah Smarsh, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2021 If something were to happen to the captain, the swamper would be the one to radio for help and manage the situation until others arrived. Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 15 Dec. 2017 That comes from my roots of playing in clubs where sometimes the only person who was there was the swamper cleaning up the bar. Bob Doerschuk, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swamper
Noun
  • Brahmins, who were traditionally priests, sit at the top, followed by warriors, merchants, and laborers – each further divided into thousands of subcategories.
    Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The minimum wage standards required of firms receiving CHIPS funding, for example, could have been applied to all categories of workers, not just to laborers and mechanics.
    Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs axed another 1,400 workers this week with medical support staff dismissed with little to no warning or consultation with their supervisors at top VA care facilities.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Related article Cabinet officials caught off guard and frustrated by Musk’s directives to federal employees A second email from OPM early Monday evening told workers they were not required to reply, which didn’t clear much up.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Encourage employees to highlight risks, potential failures or unpopular opinions. 8.
    Antonio Garrido, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • She was involved in helping the station terminate at least one employee, according to a person with direct knowledge of the firing.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • To pretend otherwise in the year 2024 is all-but to out oneself as a hireling.
    Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Who are those hirelings, paid for by foreign intelligence services?!
    The Editors, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2011

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“Swamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swamper. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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