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doorkeepers

noun

plural of doorkeeper

as in janitors

a person who tends a door the doorkeeper held the door open for us so we didn't have to put down our packages

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Shares of Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, whose janitors clean 2 billion square feet of commercial property every day, have been written down to nothing.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Those excluded were primarily nurses, cooks and janitors stationed at state hospitals and prisons.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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The backstory This hotel was originally built in 1902 for the North British Railway company; porters would take guests from their trains to an elevator that led straight to reception.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Browns Brown ales and porters, while not as dark as black stouts, are strikingly dark compared with almost every other style.

— Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026

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Harbach spent a decade writing it; it was turned down by umpteen literary gatekeepers; eventually, one plucky young agent took a chance on it, and a bidding war ensued.

— Malcolm Forbes, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2026
Now in 2026, AI agents are becoming the Internet’s newest gatekeepers, and companies have to find a way to be discovered by AI before they can even be seen by humans on the internet.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

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