Thesaurus results for LONGSHOREMEN

longshoremen

noun

plural of longshoreman

as in stevedores

one who loads and unloads ships at a port the longshoremen moved all of the fish into cold storage for shipment to the market

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Recent Examples of longshoremen Other lawsuits have been filed by the state of Maryland, the city of Baltimore and scores of longshoremen who lost work when the harbor shut down. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025 Consumers, including the longshoremen and their families, would enjoy lower costs and better service. — Zack Kass, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026 Bridges traveled the West Coast coordinating a strike of all longshoremen and warehousemen. — Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made By History, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025 According to Defonte, the deli originated as a third place for longshoremen who would sit, eat, and bond there while waiting for their boats in Red Hook. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2025 Editors’ Picks With overtime and higher rates for working at night, longshoremen can earn well over $200,000 a year. — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025 Dockworkers and longshoremen struck a tentative deal Wednesday night to avoid a damaging strike ahead of a looming January deadline. — Sophia Vento, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025 The state of Maryland followed, as did a group of Baltimore longshoremen who filed a class action lawsuit arguing the companies should reimburse them for wages lost while the port was closed. — ABC News, 12 May 2026 Miranda notes that the entire furniture ecosystem involves American citizens who could be hurt by tariffs — everyone from the longshoremen at the ports where imports arrive, to the truck drivers, warehouse workers and store employees. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025

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But then what’s with all the stevedores from central casting?

— Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
As part of these reforms, the Royal Navy impounded dozens of merchant vessels for allegedly evading customs duties, enraging merchants as well as mariners, shipwrights, stevedores, and others in port cities whose livelihoods depended on foreign commerce.

— Time, Time, 9 Oct. 2025

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For 17 generations, Wietse Van Der Werf’s forebears toiled as dockworkers, shipbuilders, and sea captains in the Netherlands and its colonies.

— Richard Morgan, Time, 29 June 2026
Last September, three dockworkers were arrested after more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine were found hidden behind a false wall in a shipping container on the Sydney waterfront.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 June 2026

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