working over

Example Sentences

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“People will naturally continue working over the holiday period but more at their own speed as they have lots of family commitments to juggle,” Cadwallader said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

She said a crackdown was "starting to work" adding that 8,232 people had been arrested for illegal working over the past year, a rise of 63%.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

Also, a lot of nonprofit leaders have a lot of work to do and they’re working over 40 or 60 hours sometimes to lead their organizations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

It charts a path and timeline to get the pact working over the next two years, with targets that the EU and member countries should reach.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024

They found him working over a tide chart while he ate a chicken stew of which the principal ingredient was not chicken but sea cucumber.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck