side job

Example Sentences

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It used to be that quarterbacks doubled as holders, a side job that exposed them to injury and also pulled them out of offensive drills to practice with special teams.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

He has picked up some roofing work at construction sites, and his neighbor proposed a new side job: digging graves.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2023

Even with his annual salary, a side job evaluating graduate nursing students and Social Security income of $2,500 a month, making the payments — estimated at $1,000 a month — feels impossible.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

In a 2018 interview on daytime chat show Live with Kelly and Michael, he recalled his first acting gig in 1991 as a teenager with a side job delivering newspapers.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2023

He refused to take any side job, even at an art school or museum, that might distract him from his work or require that he subordinate himself to another person.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023