hobby
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In effect, China is trying to industrialize hobby spending.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
“But my hobby became my business,” he adds.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
She started importing Korean merchandise as a hobby, with friends, before realising it could turn it into a business.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
He neither drinks alcohol nor drives a car and his hobby of choice is raising parrots.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
“I was. It was more a passing hobby in middle school and high school. But I’m not going to have time for all that. I have a real career to focus on, you know?”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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Unit 14, Lessons 1–2
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