unemployed

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More than 7.5 million open jobs are available across the country, and the unemployment rate is a remarkably low 4.2% — but Talon Abernathy is one of legions of unemployed Americans struggling to find work.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 11, 2026

Continuing claims, which scale with the total size of the unemployed population, was 1.81 million in the week through June 27, rising by 8,000 from a downwardly revised total a week earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

In 2008 Vander Meer — then unemployed — entered a private marriage agreement with SH to get health benefits through her job, according to authorities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026

I expect there will be more job creation than disruption, but groups have been left behind in the past and I’d want a working group to create programs for those under- or unemployed.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Jesse’s age, the friend was unemployed, had just fathered a kid and gotten divorced.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz