lay off
Example Sentences
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It’s the latest loss amid a rocky period for California’s wine industry, which has seen wineries of all sizes lay off employees and shut down facilities to cut costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Egeland said the NRC was forced to lay off "female aid workers and female teachers on the primary school level for girls because we don't have enough money".
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
In return, the State Department has tried to get foreign governments to lay off him, even giving Betancourt a U.S. visa to meet with Trump officials.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
Out of his area to control and lay off a pass to Shaw at one point.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Then she added, “We’ll lay off him now because it’s going to be one cold chingadera up here tonight, and we don’t want him to freeze to death.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
