unemployed

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The number of unemployed in Germany climbed to over three million in January for the first time 2015.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

In 2008 Vander Meer — then unemployed — entered a private marriage agreement with SH to get health benefits through her job, according to authorities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026

Continuing claims, which scale with the total size of the unemployed population, were 1.82 million, creeping up by 21,000 from the previous week’s revised level of 1.8 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

According to the most recent data from the Office for National Statistics, around one in three people aged 16 to 64 are "economically inactive" - unemployed and not currently seeking work - in several communities.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Ten thousand construction workers also left the fair’s employ and returned to a world without jobs, already crowded with unemployed men.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson