daily bread
Example Sentences
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Turkel’s book stressed that work was a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
Leo cited in particular "Ukraine, Gaza, Haiti, Afghanistan, Mali, the Central African Republic, Yemen and South Sudan", among other countries "where poverty has become the daily bread".
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
And that was a shock to him, because while he occasionally saw his mom light up, “it wasn’t our daily bread at all.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023
"This is my whole life. It's my daily bread."
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2022
They ended up stretching their daily ration to last a day and a half and gave over half of their daily bread portion to the camaradas.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
