on the dole
Example Sentences
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Rea said he was on the dole at the time, his manager had just left him and he had been banned from driving.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
The company has nearly four dozen lobbyists currently on the dole, a giant roster.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2024
Perhaps understandably, this prompted concerns that the benefits themselves might slow down the recovery, discouraging people from returning to work because being on the dole was too darn comfortable.
From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2020
I am about to join him on the dole at age 63 to lighten the payroll.
From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2020
He makes his way downstairs with the candle, sleeps on a chair, misses work in the morning, loses the job at the cement factory, and we’re back on the dole again.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
