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[gig] / gɪg /


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Gig drivers, food-delivery workers and independent drivers are being hit especially hard at the pump and making split-second calculations and adjustments to their lives and livelihoods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Gig work, contract labor, informal employment, and multiple job-holding complicate headline payroll figures.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Gig workers in the entertainment industry typically depend on unions to provide them with insurance and other benefits.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

“I’m not a clinician but it appears to be an addiction — just a complete inability to break away,” said Kris Hagel, executive director of digital learning in the Peninsula schools, which serve Gig Harbor.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024

So I drove as far as Gig Harbor, Washington, abandoned the car, and inveigled a ride on a northbound salmon seiner.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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