employed

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SpaceX employed 7,661 people in Hawthorne as of June 30, 2025, according to the city’s most recent financial report, which makes the company the largest single employer in Hawthorne.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

As of last year, Ouachita County, where Camden sits, and neighboring Calhoun County employed 3,140 people in their aerospace and defense industries, up about 54% from 2020, according to the Arkansas Department of Commerce.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Pushkin’s text eventually became the libretto that Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov employed in his opera of the same name.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Over 53,000 fewer people were employed in the country's energy-intensive industries by March this year, a 6.3 percent decline.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The Earthworm, with his lovely pink skin, was employed by a company that made women’s face creams to speak commercials on television.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl