out of a job
Example Sentences
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It wasn’t exactly the best time to be starting a business, with 19% of the country’s workforce out of a job.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
“I worked myself out of a job in the work that we did on that,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
As well as that bill, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is aiming to guarantee paid work to young people who have been out of a job for 18 months.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
Perhaps one day it will even be able to write this column in the style of Alan Abelson—and put me out of a job.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
“I worked for El Patron for donkey’s years—thought he’d go on forever. But now I’m out of a job, and Mr. Alacran has been kind enough to offer me another.”
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
