unemployed

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Unemployed WWI veterans marched on Washington in 1932 to demand bonuses, only to have their encampments dispersed with tanks and tear gas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Unemployed young people make up just 1.4% of the potential workforce in China's urban areas, Dan Wang, chief economist at Hang Seng Bank China has estimated.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2023

Unemployed, with a wife and kids to support, Rosbach spotted an ad at the dive shop for a mate to help deliver a boat to Tortola — no experience necessary.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2022

Unemployed, humiliated, his spirit broken, Syril turns to the one person from whom he might reasonably expect unconditional help: his mother.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2022

"Unemployed, you say?" says Inspector Becker, looking pleased.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti