breadline
Example Sentences
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When the tour’s over, I’m back on the breadline, honey.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024
The true number of people on the breadline may be much higher.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2023
The rising rates are not just affecting people on the breadline or on social welfare, he added.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2023
Living on the breadline "is worse now than it has ever been" according to Cherrie Bija, chief executive of Faith in Families.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2023
The urban poor keep out of the breadline by money.
From Rural Problems of Today by Groves, Ernest R. (Ernest Rutherford)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
