work overtime
Example Sentences
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The 51-year-old single mother said she has also lost opportunities to work overtime due to slow business at the hotel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
At a Kraft-Heinz plant in Michigan, a slew of immigrant workers abruptly had their work visas revoked, forcing their American counterparts to work overtime.
From Slate • Aug. 11, 2025
“The people who work overtime are among the hardest working citizens of our country and for too long, no one in Washington has been looking out for them.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024
Basically, it would serve as a way to incentivize workers in the private sector to work overtime to accumulate paid-time off that could be applied toward paid family leave.
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2024
“I can’t afford to go to the dentist unless I work overtime at my crappy job, and you spent a million dollars on a concert? What’s wrong with you? When did you become so selfish?”
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
