gigs
Example Sentences
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Some of Maysville’s oldest families are like Bare and Huddleston, living on hundreds of acres—far away, some neighbors believe, from the minimum-wage gigs and night shifts of working-class life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
His disclosure forms — which The Times reviewed — did not list side gigs from private companies for the school years of 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
South Africa's Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi said in June that a local artist had told her that "all her gigs were cancelled".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
She has done some freelance and part-time gigs as a marketing and events coordinator, but has yet to find a full-time job despite sending out a steady stream of applications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
He had invited me to probably ten of his gigs to watch him play and had once let me sit in on drums at a big band concert for a thousand people.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
