gigs
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Now, people might take “mini-retirements” where they leave the workforce for a couple of years and then return, or they might leave a full-time job and “leisurely” work with part-time or consulting gigs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Some of Maysville’s oldest families are like Bare and Huddleston, living on hundreds of acres—far away, some neighbors believe, from the minimum-wage gigs and night shifts of working-class life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
His disclosure forms — which The Times reviewed — did not list side gigs from private companies for the school years of 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
In the prevailing years, the couple were seen together many times at gigs, sports games and afterparties, but also both spoke to the media about the need to balance their public and private lives.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
There was a record deal with a Seattle-based label, and a lot of traveling to gigs.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
