job
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On Tuesday, the corporation also confirmed more job closures in the news division, with more details from the department's newly appointed director Rachel Jupp expected to follow later.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
“Our job is to be vigilant on that and see what’s coming, but not go too early,” Grotticelli says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Against that backdrop, unemployment has been rising, but Hauser said the job market was only “a little weaker” and that the jobless rate remains historically low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
And people are tense about their job prospects, with many staying where they are for now because hiring is tepid.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Even when I feared that using the recommendation would make it seem as though what he did was permissible or that he could pay for it by helping me get a job.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Vitalii Zaichenko, from grid operator Ukrenergo, said last week that recent ballistic-missile and drone strikes have made energy workers' jobs "significantly more difficult".
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Yields on U.K. government bonds were steady after robust jobs data raise expectations for a Bank of England rate increase next month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Industry bodies argue starting production at Rosebank and Jackdaw will provide jobs and improve the UK's energy security as overseas conflicts threaten supply.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
A June Pew Research Center survey found 71% of U.S. adults expect AI to mean fewer jobs in the U.S. over the next two decades, up from 64% in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
“You take half because you are the boss. You found these jobs, and will find more. That’s the way it’s done.”
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
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When the Irish got jobbed by the College Football Playoff committee and insanely were left out of the CFP, they refused to play another game this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
Then it may end up in an off-price channel or being jobbed out to another country, et cetera.
From The Verge ● Jul. 26, 2022
College football fans watching the game believed Tennessee got jobbed.
From Fox News ● Dec. 31, 2021
The Dodgers may have been jobbed out of two World Series championships, having lost to the Astros in seven games in 2017 and the Red Sox in five games in 2018.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2020
Tell the truth and don't kid yourself that you'd have been President, if you hadn't been jobbed.
From Kid Scanlan by H. C. (Harry Charles) Witwer
Indeed, Liekhus is the first actor who was able to convince me that the character of Ma Rainey really is a professional, jobbing singer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Looking back, he's glad he posted and shone a light on what it can be like as a jobbing actor.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2024
Foad, 29, describes himself as a "jobbing comedy writer" who won a scholarship to drama school before moving into scriptwriting.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2022
Double jobbing, also known as dual mandates, were banned in Northern Ireland in 2016, when a number of MPs were forced to give up their seats in the assembly.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2022
His musical efflorescence was tragically brief, but this is the man who turned the chord-strumming, jobbing electric guitar into a high-wire, virtuoso lead instrument, from also-ran to star turn.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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