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job

[job] / dʒɒb /




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He had dreamt of finishing high school, graduating from college and getting a job to support his parents - but the Tigray war put paid to that.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

At the time, Simpson was often working seven days a week as a bank teller and home health aide, earning under $20 an hour at each job.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Lawsuits always have a financial incentive, she argued, and it’s the defense’s job to treat all the claims with a healthy amount of skepticism.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

At a time when more employers want workers who know their way around artificial-intelligence tools, more job seekers want to show off their knowledge with badges, credentials and certificates.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

She said she needed the second job to pay for all the extra stuff, like my swim club dues.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The decline cost the union tens of thousands of jobs and allowed nonunion companies with newer, lower-cost mills to dominate the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

In negotiations it has wanted to ensure that the tens of thousands of civil servants that its government employed in Gaza prior to the war should be compensated or given new jobs.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

In jobs where AI isn’t central to the role, workers who get certificates may “look like proactive upskillers” to their employers, she wrote, and the potential pay increase could be $11,000.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

"These AI-generated fakes, growing more common, may also erode public trust in satellite imagery, and make the jobs of journalists and researchers more difficult."

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Autumn arrived a few weeks later, and I kept myself busy with as many jobs as possible.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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

Protest that the Dodgers were jobbed and robbed and cost a chance to gain the early momentum that has been so important in this series.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 19, 2016

If a horse stumbles he should never be hit or jobbed in the mouth, because he takes no pleasure in making false steps, or even in breaking his knees.

From The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. by Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace)

Many legendary leaders have successfully paired public praise with private criticism, and listening to McCullum in particular can inspire even a jobbing journalist to take on the world.

From BBC Feb. 28, 2025

Alliance deputy leader Stephen Farry told BBC's Sunday Politics programme that the move was "a backwards step" and that Lord Alderdice had made "a fundamentally poor judgement call" to propose the reintroduction of double jobbing.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2022

Former Alliance Party leader Lord Alderdice made "a fundamentally poor judgement call" to propose reintroducing double jobbing, a party MP has said.

From BBC Jan. 16, 2022

Double jobbing allowed politicians to hold seats in different legislatures, for example in the House of Commons and the Northern Ireland Assembly.

From BBC Jan. 15, 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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