temp
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He’s an itinerant cop who once had a regular job; something went wrong and now he’s a permanent temp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Prime Video’s award-winning series returns with a new unwitting hero, who is hired as a temp at a hot sauce company — gentle, funny pranks ensue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
"Whether that's putting in some sort of temporary structure or putting a temp track across the field alongside the landslide."
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
In October, finally a flash of luck: Lee got a job through a temp agency collecting water payments at $17.30 an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
I’m searching for the temp control right now.
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Once it’s connected to Wi-Fi, you can adjust temperatures from your phone, while the meat probe tracks internal food temps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Laissez les bons temps rouler” is as relevant to younger investors as Warren Buffett’s advice to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful has been to older generations.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
Denver has seen temps in the 60s this week.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
If companies hired fewer temps than they usually do, the seasonal adjustments applied by the BLS could make the employment picture look a lot worse in November than it really is.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
“Says the girl sitting outside in subglacial temps while the vampires are out looking for a snack with sprinkles.”
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
One reason the stock market has performed so much better in recent years is that investors weren’t being temped by yields in the bond market, which have been lousy.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
“When he didn’t jump into the feed tub we temped him and starting watching,” Yakteen said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
"They had temped in what I think are real eagle or hawk sounds, which sounded pretty good," said Baker.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2022
DiGregorio took the bag and headed for FultonFishMarket.com’s receiving station, where the fish would be scanned, weighed, temped, assigned a bar code, and Cryovac-sealed.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2019
She asked that I remind her to bring along a young blonde who temped at the office to be in the throng the next day.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Maybe I’ll be a teacher, I could go back to temping ...
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
I went to his office where he was temping and practiced walking and reading lines, and he said, “See, you can do it.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2022
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill Tuesday after agreeing to changes including prohibiting the sale of chilled beer or wine that might be more temping to drink on the way home.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 28, 2020
So, Felix, temping as it may be — resist the urge to sulk.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2019
She’s spent the past summer temping, working for two months in the business office of an expensive midtown hotel.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
