moonlighting

Example Sentences

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Commisso eventually got a job in commercial banking at Chase Manhattan, where his boss was unaware that he was moonlighting at a nightclub.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Back in 2001, the English Premier League took that step and fans saw a drastic improvement once the referees no longer spent their days moonlighting as teachers or taxi drivers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

The 24-year-old is moonlighting at Eurovision from his day job at the Vienna State Opera, where he's had roles in The Magic Flute and Von der Liebe Tod.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

Now, he is facing accusations that his moonlighting was rife with fraud and part of a long-running conspiracy with a Pasadena doctor, according to federal court records.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

Ill Patrolman Mancuso had tried a little moonlighting in his effort to apprehend someone, anyone for the sergeant.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole