How to Use teamster in a Sentence

teamster

noun
  • The teamsters have yet to reach an agreement with the university system.
    — Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Then, a teamster who was in the building walked in and kept the man at ease before the police arrived minutes later.
    — Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Taverns developed along the turnpikes to serve the needs of teamsters and their animals.
    — Mary Ann Ashcraft, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 11 Oct. 2019
  • According to the land trust's website, the old logging roads were used by teamsters for the Waterbury brass mills.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 14 July 2017
  • And this really upset the teamsters, the union folks who are in support of the bill, as well as the Democrats who first presented the bill.
    — Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
  • For the rest of his life, Dinning supported his family as a teamster and laborer.
    — Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Teamsters retirees last year made a concerted bid to prevent dramatic cuts to current retirees’ checks.
    — Mark Davis, kansascity, 17 July 2017
  • My dad worked long hours at a packing and shipping facility in Sante Fe Springs as a teamster.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 11 Oct. 2017
  • If oil could get from the well to the refinery in a single container, the barrels and the teamsters who moved them could be eliminated.
    — Brian Jacobson, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2017
  • On the sidelines, waiting for their turn at the task, the teamsters were more than happy to extol the virtues of their particular animal.
    — Janice Steinhagen, Courant Community, 2 May 2018
  • The teamsters have generally backed Democrats for president in recent races.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Food and supplies that should have been delivered to the starving pioneers went instead to teamsters who traveled west at the same time as the handcarts.
    — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 13 June 2019
  • The animals retired after 14 years of fair work, but Powers was there ready with pointers for young teamsters.
    — Denise Coffey, courant.com, 17 June 2019
  • Four positions under the teamsters would be included under that contract.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Post-Tribune, 4 June 2018
  • The teamsters did not file their grievance in time, and an arbiter ruled the city did not need to pay out a settlement to the union, Bockenstedt said.
    — Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2019
  • A day of chocolates, roses, romance, and teamster organizing.
    — Vulture, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Teamsters also park their personal vehicles in crosswalks, blocking traffic, the suit says.
    — Becky Yerak, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2017
  • Secretary Steven Mnuchin met last week with 25 Teamsters retirees from groups in 15 states.
    — Mark Davis, kansascity, 17 July 2017
  • The raucous crowd included nurses, teachers, teamsters, and retail workers.
    — Sal Gentile, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The teamsters represent workers in the motion picture industry, from truck drivers to casting directors.
    — Adrienne So, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2007
  • Arroyo, 55, is a teamster who works in transportation on Hollywood productions.
    — Daniel Miller, latimes.com, 9 July 2019
  • Burton’s start in Newport, in the mid-19th century, had been a humble one, working as a teamster hauling coal and goods from the docks for other business owners.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The teamsters’ letter argued that Paramount and WBD’s merger would threaten film and TV workers.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
  • Both candidates have long lists of prominent endorsers, with labor unions, including those for teachers, electricians, state workers and teamsters, siding with Pham.
    — oregonlive, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs agent James Jenkins and 44 armed teamsters carried out the eviction.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • Unionized coal and steel miners, teamsters, bakers, tobacco workers and others filled the lawn and steps of the Ohio Statehouse a day ahead of a congressional field hearing on the issue.
    — Washington Post, 12 July 2018
  • Now only Ice-T and Hargitay remain (though several crewmembers from Fazekas’ initial run on the show still work there, including the teamster who picked her up for her first day back).
    — Scarlett Harris, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Richard Nixon commuted the sentence of teamster Jimmy Hoffa, and Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon.
    — Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Garfield Farm & Tavern Museum is a 366-acre former 1840s prairie farm and teamster inn that is now a living history farm museum.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Ross was among thousands of unionized coal miners, iron workers, teamsters, bakers, tobacco workers, millers and others who descended on the Ohio Statehouse to rally ahead of a congressional field hearing in Columbus.
    — Washington Post, 12 July 2018

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