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Diamol Sène, who dries salted fish in the sun, says some of the women who previously worked alongside her at a fish processing site are now unemployed.

From BBC

Mr Harborne had been in shared accommodation in Kingstanding, Birmingham, but when he became unemployed, he fell behind with his rent payments and lived on the streets before his parents in Worcester took him in.

From BBC

He denied having any role in the violence and said that growing frustration among young people is what had driven them onto the streets, with many of them being unemployed for years.

From BBC

“I’m chronically unemployed, always broke, but let’s just say that I am obsessed with the truth.”

From Salon

One judge, upon hearing my argument that an unemployed man with severe cardiac issues should be released so he would not risk death in jail, replied, “Counselor, it’s only $300.”

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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