And also, they could both use a job. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

But he hardly played music after he lost his job. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Consequently, when it came to taking pictures of the family, Dad liked to do the job himself. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waved me away and said, “I trust you’ve done a fine job. Yes, yes, go ahead and send it. Here are the newts,” he murmured. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

As much as we tried to create a buffer between them and the more fraught aspects of Barack’s job, I knew that Sasha and Malia still had a lot to take in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I want it, man! I want the job! Take me there!” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to these endorsements, Fuller ’s job was saved, but the attacks enraged many in the black community, foremost among them Ann Atwater, who was by this time completely devoted to the charismatic leader. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He complained that his new job took him away from his ranch too much. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘I come about the job in this morning’s paper.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Felicia got a job selling stationery at El Encanto, where I used to work. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They want to know if there are any other good jobs going in the coal yards and would I put in a good word for them. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Yet even in Chicago, jobs for women were in short supply. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This includes my job, my acting classes, the unions I’ve joined, etc. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their mom was busy at her high-stress job as an events coordinator at the Imperial Marquis, a big downtown hotel. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was so busy—work, school, part-time jobs and friends—and I guessed...I guessed we’d just gotten used to doing without Dad. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

To keep us out of mischief, my mother often took my brother and me with her to her cooking job. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d pull the blanket to my chin, and I’d run my fingers down his gnarled knuckles and listen to stories about his job when he first came to America. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

It would be satisfying to a closet sniper, this job, because he could spend long hours playing out scenarios of whom he might have to fire at, with which weapon, and under what circumstance. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And this was when Mom’s full-time job became teaching Aven how to do stuff.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I can probably get you a summer job at my company when you’re old enough. It would look great on a college application.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We’re studying hard so when we grow up we can get good jobs and go wherever we please. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angela drove down from New Jersey to visit sometimes, but she was juggling both a toddler and a job. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Dad finally got a job in the gypsum mine, digging out the white rocks that were ground into the powder used in drywall and plaster of paris. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And whenever a new hole appeared, he’d get out his hammer, down a beer, and do another patch job. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Minny! I got a job lined up. But you got to get to the phone—” “She already call.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, so you trying to get a summer job or something?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

My eyes watered as she wove the hair together, which means she was doing a good job. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps Roberto will get me a job at the shoe store too.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One time Captain Keelson rows over and checks out the job. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was amazing how much misery the man could cause doing the same job Luke had managed to do without hurting anyone. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“They boss me around and I always have to do jobs and errands for them, but look what they gave me! They said that from now on I can take their leftovers home!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never knew what his job was in the military. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He had worked in the railroad shops up there before and his old boss had promised him a job come next pay day. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The judge agreed with the company owners and told strikers that they must stop protesting and return to the factory, or they would lose their jobs. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

These were the adzukulu, or grave diggers, who are hired to do the job of digging and burying. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have an apartment. You quit your job at the warehouse. And I could have made everything better for us.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Chamberlain. Yes. Heard about you. Want to hear more. Want you to write a report. Rice says you did a good job.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

An event at my part-time job seemed to emphasize my predicament. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When Joe had failed at every job, his father in despair put him to herding sixty sheep. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They usually had eight to ten jobs going at any one time, which they oversaw out of a home office and a warehouse space on Dublin Street, off Carrollton. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Nose to the grass all the way like that’s his job. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Soldiers are doing the job of fighting the war. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Third problem: how to increase speed on the job. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My job is to drag them into class, to make sure they stay there. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind that other kids' dads, the ones with real jobs, would probably work in and make their families a lot of money. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He’s stuck babysitting today while I go on the big paint job with Papi and Lolo. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Your only job—and it’s a big one—is to try to speak and live your own honest truth. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I land a new job, working on passenger trains. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa would never accept anything like a cannery job. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s really not my job to train people on catching themselves. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The work was hard, yes, but now that she was grown, she could do the most backbreaking jobs without effort. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made him good at his job, better as a father. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Employment agencies in Seattle received inquiries about the availability of jobs—any kind of job, no matter how low paying—from as far away as Missouri and Arkansas. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Life was hard there, too; our da held and lost a string of jobs, none of which were enough to support us. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I want to do a good job. I’ve been researching the camera I’m saving up for, and I really want it.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

As we assemble in rows, I pray it’s true that it’s an escort job and not a gallery job. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a job, Ma. I’m busy. Besides, Sonia’s not coming.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before she offered Ifemelu the job, she said, tone hushed in confidence, “My husband did not support me when I started this, because he thought men would chase me if I went to seek advertising.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ivan, as the tail gunner in a Pe-2, had a job that was probably even more harrowing than the pilot’s or the navigator’s. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It was time to quit school and get a job. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s sitting here all smug, making cute little jokes about iPods and talkin’ ‘bout how scared he is of losing his job, but is he actually helping?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Whoever had removed it had done an ugly job of it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And just like that I fell into the best job in the prison. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Such jobs as weeding, for instance, could be done with a thoroughness impossible to human beings. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In this litany, it was somehow very clear that these jobs, they were the exceptions, and that “service” had mostly been of another kind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

During the day from time to time, I would see my brother or father at a distance, heading from one job to another, and the brief sighting would give me a sliver of hope. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

"But I only want a job, sir," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa didn’t exactly promise the job, but he said it shore would be nice if she could earn her keep, which may of been what Miss Love had in mind. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was a temporary gig, and after five months he moved on to rehabbing homes in the city—another temporary job. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

After an idle week, I got a job as a dishwasher in a North Side cafe that had just opened. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I thought how it was his job to tell us to do something as stupid as going back to the Lighthouse. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dialing, he added, "Fixing things is his job!" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our job was to select a new group of astronauts. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He examines me and declares me suitable for the job at hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I mean, it's my job to be like that. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And now I was sitting next to someone just out of Vietnam, fresh from his job to kill or be killed. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They not only agreed, they offered me a part-time job. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Jobs can be found in the suburbs—mostly service sector jobs—but employment for unskilled men with criminal convictions, while difficult to find anywhere, is especially hard to find close to home. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

You didn’t want to hang around her too close, or she’d give you a job. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There are different roles here in the realm of magic. Sis is a guardian—and she takes her job very seriously. She isn’t angry with you, by the way.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I telephoned my white friends in the Works Progress Administration: “Transfer me at once to another job, or I’ll be murdered.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man, Jim Hastings, and his fancy house, and the jobs, and The Taker and the coins and the hate disturb her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Like you could do a better job if you ran the world?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Without consulting his mother, he took a job as a bricklayer’s helper. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a second chance—but not for the job. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The thought warms my insides again, and I tingle at the mystery of what this job offer might be. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Soon there were babies, and C.P. worked one job after another, earning just enough to keep the family together. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Merridew, his eyes staring, made the best of a bad job. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I’d loved the job but came out of it more or less broke, more dependent on my parents financially than I wanted to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Zanmi Lasante is an oasis, the best thing of its kind in Haiti. But it’s not as good as here. The Cubans would have done a better job.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Most of my friends were in grad school or had found great jobs already, working at prestigious firms like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I learn that Nicos family moved here over the summer because of his mom’s job. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“None of the other pictures wanted the job,” said Percy. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

People who never had known what it was to enter the gate of the Mayor’s yard unless it were to do some menial job now paraded in and out as his confidants. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

After his discharge, he got a job in New York as a bicycle mechanic, took up competitive bicycle racing, got married, and had two sons. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d blush and squirm, and wish Dad had a nice job selling shoes somewhere, and that he had only one or two children, neither of whom was us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess when your job is to get attention on the internet, all publicity is good publicity. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Many people questioned a married woman’s right to work—let alone to take a job that involved travel. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Us, Latinos, the neighborhood, who else? We want you to join the program, quit that job of yours at the supermarket and concentrate on school.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Henry refused to compromise; he left school, abandoned his plans to become a clergyman, and took a job as an agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When he started driving a cab, it was only supposed to be a temporary job. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

That gave us two words for one job: till and until. tortuous/torturous. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of 1966 my father was temporarily laid off his job as a menial labourer for a white firm in Germiston, a white city an hour’s bus ride southeast of Johannesburg. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been in the school to do odd jobs, but he hardly recognized it now as the dust began to settle. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a trick they’d used plenty of times when a lock was too complicated to pick quickly or they wanted to make a theft look like an inside job. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Their job was to make sure no prisoner spent more than two minutes in the latrine. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I told my mom and dad I'd been offered a sailing job, and had taken it and that I might be moving to New York. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

If he was too old to go to school, he could get a job. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He poured himself a cup of coffee and added, “The police will sort it out. It’s their job, not mine.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were so happy for each other and for ourselves, but our job was only half over. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“And you’re doing a great job, but Ben needs some snails for supper. I want you to come learn how to gather them.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Good job! My girl, maybe you should be the one to play the trader.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Veronica would attend and at times even help out with breakfast programs and clothing drives, but what Veronica really wanted was for Bodega to find a real job and marry her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It would be a while longer before Dad could start searching for a new job, because now he was back in jail. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

How will 1 do college interviews now, job interviews? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” he finally says, “I’m not really sure how to answer. I go to school and I do theater and I have a job.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Our heads were filled with rules and anecdotes, but we lacked any real knowledge of how to perform the job that was ours as of today. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were just doing our job, making money to survive. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It's Herr Mohns's job to ensure that all employees are loyal Nazis. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

My initial calculations suggested that I would do very well with my two jobs—in the long run, that is, and if nothing untoward occurred. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been vain enough to worry about coming across as too educated for the jobs I sought, but no one even seems interested in finding out how overqualified I am. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They often depend on the South Korean government to solve their problems, and fail to take personal responsibility for poor work habits or for showing up late on the job. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She is young and can find work now, but women over the age of twenty-five or twenty- eight are no longer considered for many jobs in Honduras, something made clear in newspaper employment ads. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mom became even more concerned about my values when my editor offered me a job writing a weekly column about what he called the behind-the-scenes doings of the movers and shakers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how many times they’d been to Calcutta, his father was always anxious about the job of transporting the four of them such a great distance. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of times he had tried to get a job in a jewelry store where he could sit by himself at a desk all day with a clean white shirt on and a tie. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He does a good job of describing the various shades of green his sister turned when she got seasick. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

They had more riding on the jobs at Langley than most. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

My job is to stack shelves and help with inventory. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Make it snappy. I’m in the middle of a nose job.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It seemed they weren’t prioritizing the governance of the country or the fact that people needed jobs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He had a hard and lonely job—the hardest and loneliest in the world, it often seemed to me—but he knew that he had an obligation to stay open, to shut nothing out. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This was brought home to me in another realm many times when I sought jobs. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at us for a long time, until I was almost wondering if Zach had chosen someone who was so nerdy he was too perfect for the job. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

His job was less flighty than that of district attorney, al- most as permanent and dignified as superior court judge. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Today Deirdre is alone, knees wobbling, and crying because, as much as she wants to believe in better days, her job prevents her from doing so. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had spent just three years with the CPS—and never in a job important enough to have his own secretary—before becoming its CEO. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

My job is to search for wild vegetables and mushrooms in nearby woods while Chou guards our tents. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t keep this a secret. I have to tell my mom before she quits her job and gives up our apartment. She thinks I can buy us a house.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It was my job. I just did what they told me,” he mumbled. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As for cleaning the house and making a fire, well, I would do that later: the day was long, and my mother’s job hunts often took her away from home for the whole day. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” he said, “all of us are waiting to hear about the job.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dwight, meanwhile, had moved to Chicago to take a job at the Tribune. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And watching two boisterous little girls was a whole job unto itself. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Your fault I had to take a second job picking up those lawyers’ trash like some beggar. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He decided to quit his job and sell bagels. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Ralph continued to blow till his ears were singing with the effort, but then the first breeze of dawn took the job off his hands and blinded him with ashes. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

That evening as we were driving back to swinging singles, I asked my father if he knew that Margaret had set up Mother's job interview. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

While Celia knows Mr. Barris quite well, having met with him several times and exchanged dozens of letters, he does an impressive job of pretending they are mere acquaintances. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Milgrom was at her job at the Jackboot uniform factory. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Does this job look like something that encourages humor?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Miss Lupescu also saw her job as more than bringing Bod food. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I was out with my dad, helping him with a few jobs when we ran into your mom at the gas station. I guess they went on a few dates in high school.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I passed and returned to London, where Drew had a job and we’d rented a flat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My first day on the job, the mechanic at the station, a young light-skinned black guy, told me, “Don’t cross Herman. He put two men down already.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he certainly couldn’t leave before he secured all his job sites. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

True, this is the one job where my references were actually checked, but what if I were one of those angel-of-death type health workers, who decided to free my charges from their foggy half-lives? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She focused on the woman's words, on her job offer, and felt the bite of regret. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Just keeping us fed and in clean clothes and making sure we had the supplies we needed for school was a huge job. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

"He anticipated that I would have to tolerate some strong male egos in Moscow who might doubt I could do the job," she remembered. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Great job, you two. Just keep it up in the district until the cameras are gone. We should be okay." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My job was to photograph half a dozen stars which had been chosen because they were young and were giving off a lot of ultraviolet light. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got the job of building repair assistant, which was a good job for Orly. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Talis had a scroller, which he used for his job selling insurance for magical disasters, and it had the latest in searching capabilities and thousands of books loaded in it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The question of finding Rosy a job elsewhere had been brought to his boss, Randall, but the best to be hoped for would be a new position starting a year hence. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to get up, naturally, but it was some job getting up, in a place like that. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

What kind of job could a nine-year- old who could barely write a complete sentence of English do? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I am realizing that, just as in Key West, one job will never be enough. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we just did our job, we would be all right. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And some of the other jobs required you to have a special relationship. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’d have to be a sad case not to be able to get a job in a country that’s at war especially with Yanks pouring in and spending money right and left. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

On the opposite page is a job listing: Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You just need to go with the flow a little. I mean, it’s just a job.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

All week, there's been a film crew here, and we're reassigned from our normal jobs to spruce things up, planting flowers, painting buildings, clearing out beds. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Theo assured me that, if Miles really was the one running the job to set Celia’s hair on fire, he wouldn’t have let me take the fall for it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t the one fell asleep on the job. It was the cop!” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those are not even part-time jobs. You’re the one with the real job.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The gravity of his job never let up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I could see that job was made for me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a lightweight nylon-frame job, and all the necessities, from toilet paper to a flashlight and matches, extra socks, a plastic see-through poncho, and a lightweight sleeping bag were already in it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I managed to get a job as a delivery boy for a grocer, but it meant I did not talk much with Father. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The job lasted just short of thirty years. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I had another job too, which paid me the best pay I ever had before I became a lawyer, which was working in construction. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When we finish, he gives me his card and says he wants to talk to me about a big lighting job he's bidding on at the new shopping complex. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

One thing we were talking about was my parents’ jobs, or lack thereof. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She buys fake identification papers and quickly lands a restaurant job making biscuits. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

But the district attorney’s office made him a job offer even though he didn’t have his license yet, and he accepted it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dragging her fatherless child from place to place, scraping by on menial jobs, justifying it by insisting to herself—by insisting to everyone—she was making Art. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He spoke of his school days—parties he had gone to—jobs he had worked at—he told her he was twenty-two—how he had come to enlist at twenty-one. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That wouldn’t be too bad,” said Harry, thinking that he would simply ask Hagrid for a niffler to do the job for him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

All my father's building jobs had been canceled. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The adaptive unconscious does an excellent job of sizing up the world, warning people of danger, setting goals, and initiating action in a sophisticated and efficient manner.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Although some Americans called for the government to make room for its share of Jewish refugees, many others worried about the jobs that the immigrants would take away from Americans. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He makes his way downstairs with the candle, sleeps on a chair, misses work in the morning, loses the job at the cement factory, and we’re back on the dole again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to tell you. With all that in your favor, what’s going wrong with your job? For instance, today’s B-shift?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“I am not the public figure that some other scythes choose to be. Some scythes prefer the spotlight, but to truly do the job right, it requires a level of anonymity.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Frear’s first job was to get the three children to safety, one of whom was an invalid. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

That summer, she applied for eleven openings for various orchestra jobs throughout Europe. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Of course he’d be using a fake name and job so he wouldn’t be bombarded by fans. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be Mamou’s job to distribute what Mom had brought after we left. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When the job at the lumber mill gave out and he decided to join his parents in Olympia, he rowed all the way there—a six-day voyage that covered nearly a hundred miles of water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I was in high school now, and I had my own job. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And I have a full-time job, a twenty-three-year-old boyfriend, and a secret binge drinking problem. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mom wouldn’t get her job back no matter what I did. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun and James drove from job to job, a quarter ton of plywood in the back of the truck, doing what they could before the winds came. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In the early years of the USSR, a woman was expected to have a job and also be a mother. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In the Army, an important job is called a mission, and a mission is always carried out by a team, and every team has a leader. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope he gets a job,” I thought. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

So early in the war, they hadn’t yet opened up those jobs to women. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

‘I’m leaving town. I’m a good mechanic and I can get a job some other place. If I stayed home Mother could read this in my eyes.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even as Luke stepped carefully around the pieces of metal littering the ground, he was surprised by the ferocity of the job. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was afraid I might never get another job once she’d had her say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It had been her job to keep Mom relaxed while she was pregnant, and worry-free after the twins were born. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Now she was quickly returning to her original position: Dell Duke was not a natural at his job. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

With money from a part-time job in Brooksville, he bought materials for landscaping and for constructing a fish pond across from the gangplank. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“A slave. A job, homeboy. You working someplace?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d already been given the chit for the job and wanted to leave while she could still see the Pennines. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It’s no simple job getting me back to Beauty Base Zero, even with the elaborate arsenal of products, tools, and gadgets Plutarch had the foresight to bring from the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Dad got a job as an electrician in a barite mine. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My eyebrows, good actors, do their jobs, curling up curiously. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

As a former lawyer, he had made a smart legal deal when taking the job with The Mercury Theatre on the Air in 1938. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was the time she was laid off from her job, and the refrigerator was empty, and she bowed her head over an empty pot and prayed for God to fill it. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have finished? You do this rubbish job and say you have finished?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I felt guilty that I hadn’t visited him immediately in the hospital, so to make it up to him I quit my job and tended him day and night. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Vincenzio refused, on the seemingly reasonable grounds that there were plenty of jobs for doctors but very few for mathematicians. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

"He will get a job sooner if you stop giving him your money. Be firm, Master-ji." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He was right; he wasn’t able to do a very good job of fixing the mask. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The job at Langley, an abstraction for half a year, moved into focus. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“That’ll be part of his job, too, to make sure there are plenty of rabbits breeding out there.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t go to jail or lose his job. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sophie had a job, after school, with a dance company in Los Angeles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I cannot, in good conscience, keep you on this job.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t have graduated without her. And if I hadn’t graduated, I would have never gotten that job at the telephone company, and I would have never met Gene, and...” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I needed to work and found another job. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sonny had just been honorably discharged from the Air Force, and Lawrence had a good job working for the railroad. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was alone in my one-room job on Manhattan’s glamorous West Side and talking to myself. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Never buy a car or get a job or have my own apartment. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

True, that would mean an easier job for somebody. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They cared about education, about jobs, about decent housing—about equal access to these things. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her job was to review and file all the exit surveys left by the guests, make copies, distribute them to the appropriate people. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Jinny has a big job right now, getting used to being Elder.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was still on my first job, which didn’t pay much: I worked a computer in an insurance company. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Herbert found a permanent job as a janitor with the United States Radium Corporation in downtown New York. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

On his way to Palestine, he took every job offered or heard about. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I did good work, one job always led to another. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My job was to stand there, shake hands, and throw out yeses and noes as needed. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A half an hour or so of Web research revealed an agreeably tight labor market, with entry-level jobs advertised at $8 an hour or more and studio apartments for $400 or less. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Dad comes home from looking for a job he holds Margaret and sings to her: In a shady nook one moonlit night A leprechaun I spied. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Hoover needed White—one of his few experienced agents, one of the Cowboys—to resolve the case of the Osage murders and thereby protect Hoover’s job. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When Schindler gave my father a job, I didn't know any of those names, and I wouldn't have cared if I had. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Lowe— arguably the world’s pre-eminent all-around climber—was hired to be Sandy’s personal guide, a job for which he was paid a substantial sum. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“He don’t go to work no more. Lost his job at the feed store last week.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

This week his job was escorting a violent juvenile offender first from Minneapolis to Seattle, then to Ketchikan, Alaska, where they boarded a big silver floatplane to the Tlingit village of Drake. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

On the spot, they offered him a job painting closets, where his mistakes would be hidden. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And when I wasn’t doing a paying job like that, I still liked to break horses. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the day of my hearing he was supposed to sit with me and tell the judges that I had stayed out of trouble, had a good job, and was a model prisoner. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I got the food ready, almost on time, then had to hunt down the two little boys whose job it was to ferry it from cookhouse to table and then serve it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

On the last day, I was finishing up this job. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I really liked my job as a test pilot; in fact, I thought it was the best possible job I could have, except for one thing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the months until school began I would have to have a job. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go down to the bank and apply for a teller job?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My job on the ship is as a “stabilizer.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

At work, her hands sewed hundreds of jeans before the lunch bell sounded and then boxed hundreds more before she left for her night job at Johnny’s Steak House. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Most Scholars who aren’t enslaved work menial jobs—as farmhands or cleaners or stevedores—backbreaking labor for which they’re paid next to nothing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But Dell was okay with that because it wasn't like the students he saw would run and tell someone what a crummy job he was doing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When he saw that he would not make enough to repay his father, he took a second job making night deliveries for a Manhattan diner. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Some researchers now believe that the stress involved in so-called high- demand, low-control jobs further down the occupational scale is more harmful than the stress of professional jobs that come with greater autonomy and control. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I shall take the job temporarily. I must admit that the ‘Levy Pants Plan’ rather attracts me.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt sometimes like a swan on a lake, knowing that my job was in part to glide and appear serene, while underwater I never stopped pedaling my legs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It brought him to balance and made it appear as if her move had failed—that she didn’t have the leverage to do the job. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Racing around in circles with library carts? Restocking shelves? Are these children applying for part-time jobs? Because they’re all far too young to be legally employed.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Of course the owner would pick a job that took much more than seven hours, so a worker’s day stretched from sunup to sundown. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“He can be very immature and he slacks off a lot, but when it comes to design work, there’s nobody better. Great job with the flyers, A.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

You dance like the church is roach infested and it's your job to step on them all. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“You did a good job on these,” she said, wrapping the corn in a clean kitchen towel before putting it in the icebox. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Tell me,” she says, checking out the books that I’ve done a poor job of hiding. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“How come gals that way, Bigger? Soon’s a guy get a good job, they want to marry?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The trigger-happy FBI had just made their job much more difficult. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She seems to have been glad to leave a job that had not made her happy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That had always been Mom’s job—bossing us around—and we’d let her, because she’d always done a pretty good job of it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I like choosing the jobs I take and the places I go and the food I eat and the companions I sit and yam with. Don’t you wish for a choice once in a while?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

RIGHT: Four years after getting back from Vietnam, Henry Allen found a job with the Selma Fire Department. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was their job to make certain the mine was safe for the two coal-digging shifts. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He worked as a janitor at a one-room school- house not far from the Stanford campus, and throughout the day, Cowell would sneak away from his job and play the school piano. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t illegal, as a Spare, to sit courtside or to switch jobs like Mrs. Laroux had said, but that didn’t mean it was done. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But they left their wealth behind when they moved to America, settling instead for tiny apartments and whatever jobs they could get. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

They got a job together taking care of a public school and they loved it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she took a second job milking cows at four A.M. every morning. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It is the perfect job for you, Penny, dear!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

My mother used to tell me that she was going to do such a job on my particular butt that I would have to go down to Macy’s to buy a new behind. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Cullen was about ten minutes into the job and less than a half mile from the Coast Guard station when he was startled to attention. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

In the morning my small brothers are gone to school, Malachy is out looking for a job, Mam is at the fire drinking tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You got a good job, now,” his mother said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I love all of you. I love my job. That means sometimes I’m not going to be home as often as I’d like. But that doesn’t mean I don’t care about you.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He became alarmed by the way the new president was giving government jobs to unqualified people at the request of party politicians. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She bartered with Him, offering starvation in exchange for prosperity, for a job promotion, for good health. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t mentioned any big job to her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Nice job? But I didn’t accomplish a thing!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was thinking, It’s the bus driver’s job to ask, and to ask politely. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Money, rent, jobs were not a concern; she did not think about these things in her real life, so they did not appear in her fantasy life either. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"He's coming. We need him in the woods, and his job's done here anyway. No one can touch those supplies," says Cato. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Having seen General Groves briefly, I doubted whether he had sufficient tact for such a job,” he wrote. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Had Harrison felt that I had in some way jeopardized his job? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My job, mine and Church’s, was to pressure it out of Hickock. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When am I allowed to get a job?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Men and some of the women would report to their jobs, if they were lucky enough to have one. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Let me know as soon as possible about that job!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed deep every time we stopped at a job site, smelling the fresh-cut grass, and thought back to how simple and pure my life had been when I mowed lawns as a summer job. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re going to be all right. Don’t hold them back if they want to go to jail. They are doing a job for all mankind.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

These amateur repair jobs were an almost daily irritation. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They think they do, but really, they just want to believe we’re okay, because it makes their job easier. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

What fun it is to be a mouse doing an exciting job like this! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It conjures up our college prospects, growing older, getting a real job—our future. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was one of Morrie’s first jobs after plowing through a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a very complex job the Count was doing, but the six fingers on his right hand never for a moment seemed in doubt as to just what to do. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the residents of Hippie Cove were, like me, summer squatters who’d come to Cordova hoping to score high-paying fishing jobs or, failing that, find work in the salmon canneries. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not an easy job; it was not for everybody. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I quit shoeshining, Ella was so happy that she went around asking about a job for me—one she would approve. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took factory jobs and minor civil service positions and eventually became a bouncer in a bar on Long Island, which was his principal occupation for much of his adult years. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“No matter how afraid he is, my son’s still gonna do his job,” he says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I’d been offered a job here, and my husband—my fiancé at the time—and I knew we wanted to raise a family here.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Or was it also about self- control, staying on top of your feelings, repressing those that got in the way of an emotionally difficult job? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her expression and tone of voice told me she wasn’t happy about my taking that job. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice job denuding your face, by the way,” she said, waggling her fingers under her chin to indicate his shave. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Besides, it is dawning on me belatedly that Minneapolis is far vaster than Key West or Pordand, Maine, and that my two live job possibilities—Wal-Mart and Menards—are separated by about thirty miles. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frederick was a gifted translator who spoke eight or nine languages, but in America he had to take whatever job he could get. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Our job is to make sure you don’t lose hope. We’ll be here.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I have friends who don’t have a felony—and have a hard time getting a job. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s the only place I can think of where I have a job to do. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But the worst job, and the one I was usually assigned because I was new, was overseeing the steam table. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my monthlong plunge into poverty was almost over, I finally landed my dream job—housekeeping. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compared to how it was growing up, when jobs were like unicorns, now it seems like opportunity’s always knocking. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He hasn’t filed his taxes or gotten a job, either.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She had a plan: when she got out of nursing school, she’d move to San Francisco and get a job in a hospital. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Looking for another way to serve, she again applied for jobs in the Navy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But now that Gale has gone to work in the coal mines—and I have nothing to do all day—I’ve taken over the job. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We need a cleaner, and he already knows the job. Maybe there was a misunderstanding. ” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Works Progress Administration was a government program formed to create jobs during the Depression years. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

My job is to nod or shake my head, to say “I know what you mean,” when I don’t, and “That is so unfair,” when it isn’t. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The last day I work for Judd, he inspects every job I do, finds fault with the least little thing. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you quit coming to work! And it’s a government job, Stefi!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And they couldn’t wait for some jury to do the job; who knew how that would turn out? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In Greenville, my grandfather is too sick to work anymore, so my grandmother has a full-time job. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The moment she hangs up, I’m like, “You got the job?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well, hey, as long as I’m making your job easier,” I hiss through my teeth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

How could Snape be given the Defense Against the Dark Arts job after all this time? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Roosevelt gave me the job of keeping this town in good repair and I’m going to do my best till my last breath,” he said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He drops down and reaches for her cheek—which is as red as the candy-apple paint job. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was his job now to catch up with us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The day Camp walked into the store and asked for a job, Grandpa took one look and said he didn’t need no hep right now. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She applied for a cashier job at a convenience store. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The soldiers then shoot them to finish the job. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supposedly Garrett’s dad started drinking so much that he lost his job. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

My father is out looking for a job and my mother is at the hospital with Malachy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Uncle Clark and Aunt Jody both had jobs and I was told that at noon I would find lunch on the stove. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he came to Hariem, I went on more jobs than usual. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I do not have work I do jobs around the house. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then I got a job back East, and my visits were less frequent. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Such a, so well behaved, not surly like some of them, do their job and that’s that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes one of Dad’s odd jobs would come through, or he’d win some money gambling, and we’d eat for a few days. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She got a job working at the stables, teaching the young kids to ride. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Because you police departments can’t do an adequate job in the simple matter of detecting the minuscule number of Nexus-6s who balk—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m getting good grades, working his stupid full-time job, and saving for college. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

A scythe, Citra knew, could choose the color of his or her robe—every color except for black, for it was considered inappropriate, for their job. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

His job was to listen to American radio newscasts and translate them from English to German. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the phone rings twice before noon, and—more out of claustrophobia than any serious economic calculation—I accept the first two jobs that are offered. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there would always be at least one or two jobs for electrician’s helper. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was exhausted and angry, and even though she knew it would cost her the job, she lifted her hand to strike the man hard in the face. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Did they get jobs at the bank and move to the suburbs? The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nan raised your daddy, and I hate to admit it, but she'll do a better job than I ever could. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A neighbor, an old lady, told me that Samuel and his father had taken a job sheepherding for the rest of the summer. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without hesitation she applied and became nervous only when the job was suddenly hers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom didn’t travel for her job very often, but when she did, Finn always felt strange the whole time. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But since we both hated our jobs, we decided to do them together so it wouldn't be so heinous. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It was quite a precise job. And when I think of precise, I think of one person. You.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And he suddenly remembered the many times his mother had told him not to look at the floor when talking with white folks or asking for a job. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then we could cross over and live off what was left until we got jobs at some resort place like the one Mong told us about. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Will work to become knowledgeable in areas of their current job responsibility and put efforts in trying to communicate effectively. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Some towns was pretty strong with those laws and made life pretty unfriendly for a man without a job. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

People are out, heading toward their jobs or taking the little ones to the grandparent day care or school. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Zardari told us he had arranged for a job for my father in Birmingham. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

One by one they had gone to their rooms, some of them carrying the readers that they were supposed to study in order to advance in their jobs. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Large pieces of the telescope had to be hauled to the top of the mountain, a job for mule teams. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anything that said “Department of” just meant the job came with a cubicle and benefits. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I had another N’daa scheduled for July, but the male patient had a job offer that he had been wanting,” Devin said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We had too much to lose—none of us wanted to risk our jobs or our lives. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But, after all, what would make them think of me in connection with jobs when for years I had encountered them only casually in the classroom? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he wouldn’t notice if I did a haphazard job on the tying. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Minny be closer to her job, but it’s far from the kids’ schools. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

This job too he did well and patiently until it was done and the boat was sealed and sound. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

George’s job was to paint the pig trough. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

During this time, Father lined up extra repair jobs— clocks and things to fix in his spare time—until his table was cluttered. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the job at the aeronautical laboratory was something new, something so unusual it hadn’t yet entered the collective dreams. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

My job is to walk the top of the exterior wall. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Gentlemen,” I said, “it is not my job to resolve your dilemma for you.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most difficult job was keeping the water in the calabash. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What did we starve ourselves to send you to school for? Find a job or else get out of my house. I can’t go on feeding a bearded child.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was referencing Ray’s job as a Schwan’s man, delivering frozen foods across the plains of eastern Montana. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

"Have you noticed that you can't get a job, and the Gestapo and police are bothering you?" Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Soon afterward, he resigned from the pancake company and took a job as a cruise director in Miami. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother was concerned too, so he got an extra janitorial job to help us out, but he could not continue beyond the first month. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Lola says that as the eldest of fourteen siblings, it’s her job to take care of everyone. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I think I just wanted to see that he really had a job. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to kill her, but hoped someone else might do the job for me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He wondered what I thought of him doing the job. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Those who had managed to keep their jobs had been able to do so because the court had been near their work. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when we told the detectives about his job they looked at me and Mama like we were crazy. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I lost my job at Main Street School,” he said, teary-eyed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He knew he had gotten me in trouble with Mom and so he quickly wrangled a construction job in West Virginia for a couple days of paid work. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He saw right away that he and Eric needed college degrees to avoid dead-end jobs in taller buildings. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hey, I wanted to tell you: I thought you did a great job on the analysis you gave everyone about the movie on Thursday,” Sahil said. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I have never understood why men with regular, difficult jobs can sometimes feel an unexplainable dedication to a company, but my atoms have not been together for so many miles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The kind foreman did not last long on the job. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

One to a parent or guardian, the other to your employer if you have a job, or your probation officer if you’re on probation. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Christine’s application was received enthusiastically; a follow-up phone call from Langley’s Personnel Department turned into a day of interviews and then a job offer as a data analyst in the Reentry Physics branch. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Once the firefighters decide to do their job, we’ll get you out of here.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She was probably the best teacher I’ve ever had—strict, fair-minded, dedicated to her job. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did she have to do this when he was trying to get a job? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many jobs, big houses, good schools, make a living, they say back and forth. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But I only know that we were asked to choose among a group of thirty-five white males, and we did the best job we could. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything had a grand purpose, and there was nothing amiss in the universe; it was our job to adjust to whatever came our way. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Does the figure mean that for exactly the same jobs that men perform, women earn 59 percent of the men’s salaries? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We scrub only to remove impurities that might be detectable to a customer by hand or by eye; otherwise our only job is to wipe. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was my job to get him home, and we still had to get by the laughing man. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

His job, with the rank of sergeant, was to be an administrator for the school, help things run well, and write reports. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what... did you say you disliked about your job?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Hmm..., he thought, I think I know of one carpentry job on the island. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Barack’s teaching duties at the law school had wrapped up for the semester, and I’d put in for time off at my job. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"More fighting between Communists and the Social Democrats and the Nazis. Each party promises jobs and a stronger economy." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

All he knew was that the room was quiet and cold and that the job was done. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Henry’s brother was going to drive him from Tangerine Middle School to Theresa’s house, come back to get him, and then drive over to Lake Windsor Downs to do a job. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others felt, rightly or wrongly, that Ebright was bitter about not getting the job at Washington and was bent on evening a personal score. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Caleb followed me eight years later, after losing three of his fingers to a table saw because he was drinking on the job. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If you do the job right, it will win the war.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I would have a police record whenever I went to get a job, or when I tried to go to college. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He may not be losing his life, but he’s just lost his job at the sandwich shop. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My dad tried to find a job, but there was no work for an undocumented refugee in Rwanda. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Of course, Dad probably wouldn’t allow me to volunteer if there were paying jobs around, but it was nice to daydream. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She found a job working for an agency, helping American businesspeople learn conversational French, and French businesspeople learn conversational English. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the while, I kept an eye on job listings in the newspaper and did my best to network with more people who weren’t lawyers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Take it from me ... get him a job somewhere else. Send him off.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of thousands of people—many of them unionized—would lose their jobs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Although Garfield filled many government jobs from lists provided by Republican political bosses, he didn't please everyone. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Part of her job at Aero Design and Engineering, an aircraft manufacturer, was flying at conventions to interest potential buyers in the company's airplanes. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The idea was that this new job of her mom’s would change their lives for the better. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“No allowance for a month, you’re grounded for two weeks and we have a list of jobs around the house and yard with your name on it.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joy got a job with a computer science professor so he could program over the summer. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

As a teenager, Nguyen found odd jobs to do for the Americans on the nearby base, digging ditches and fixing potholes in roads. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“But, Percy, they will be fine. The best thing we can do for them is stay focused on our job.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps another roomer had moved, or lost his job. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I now had a good job, I said, and was in a position to help her and Dad. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

First you want me to get a job, now you don’t? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

It was not a job for one of the Führer’s finest. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"You're only shrimps. But you never know. We may find a use for you one day in some undercover job." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had been working as a feature writer at the Boston Globe, a great job for a twenty-four-year-old reporter. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a new part of Ellsberg’s job—defending the war on college campuses. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I wanted Mom to have her job back, of course. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But the truth is, she doesn’t have the time anymore, with a job, the museum, a household to run. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granny unexpectedly lost one of her two gardening jobs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if I don’t like doing my job?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He would get jobs and then lose them, moving the family on to the next town. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But then a week after you lost your job, you get this little yellow envelope stuck in your screen door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Because a sauce takes time and love. Once you catch the fish, the job is done. God’s done all the work for you.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

For this reason it flattered Mr. Kapasi that Mrs. Das was so intrigued by his job. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Another was threatened with the loss of his teaching job. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Ask the Thief Lord if he would take on a job.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, however, I abandoned thinking at the molecular level and turned to the much easier job of reading biochemical papers on the interrelations of DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

When he first got the job with Kate, Joe looked for the weaknesses on which he lived—vanity, voluptuousness, anxiety or conscience, greed, hysteria. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a job second only to the Gran and an incredible honor. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

We did a great job on it, I say, didn’t we Dad? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In May, Lucas was hired for three stupid jobs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After Independence they found they were not entitled to any government benefits like job reservations or bank loans at low interest rates, because officially, on paper, they were Christians, and therefore caste- less. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why should I give up this job to go to college?” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Deprivation and hardship were just part of the job of exploring and surviving in the Brazilian wilderness. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately it was the kind of job that only keeps hands busy. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I think he is just trying to do his job. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He tried to be amused by the fickle nature of clients’ tastes; it was part of the job, and if he got exasperated every time someone changed their mind, he’d never survive. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The walls were covered with crayon artwork on construction paper and school papers with gold star stickers and “Nice job!” written at the top. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He started to take on freelance copyediting jobs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Ma says it holds stuff from Pop’s last good job. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

But my job is to protect you girls from those kinds of idiots. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As summer waned I obtained a strange job. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isn’t it Coach’s job to make sure everyone’s on the same page? Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, unlike my Pathfinder hatchet job, I had the full schematics of the drill. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rarely says anything other than "Good job, Chantal," but I'm always aware of his eyes on my technique as I drive the Larsen family heirloom. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Could I find a job like that? I’ve never had a job.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

University friends were offering to help her find a job—a dull one certainly, but she would have her independence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was new to the job at Valley Forge, we were his first plebe class, and I was his first major challenge. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

His constricted domestic routine, plus what he regarded as an often boring job, were becoming more suffocating as the novelty of being in Chicago wore off. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the sixties, when Garland was a working commune, the biggest jobs went to the people who were best qualified to handle them. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She is a good and nice person who keeps things together, but that has been a big job, an enormous job, a job that’s way, way too big for her lately. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

While the channeling of stimulus dollars to law enforcement may help some police officers keep their jobs at a time when state and local budgets are being slashed, there is a cost. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s getting too old for this job,” Bunny whispered to me as he barely made it up and over the hill. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"If you quit your job, I might be." Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Strong Belwas lingered at the door of death in the temple, under the care of the Blue Graces ... though Selmy half suspected they were finishing the job those honeyed locusts had begun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You ever want to leave there, I have a job for you here. I will treat you with dignity, like a witch and not just a puppy dog to follow me around.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be our job to remember the parts we got wrong and make it better for our children and grandchildren. Embrace our differences, and still find a way to make peace.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was the IMF’s job to prevent that from happening. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Johnny got the job and was promised another for the following week. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started taking classes to get a good job. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now I had three children, a full-time job, and parents and in-laws living close by. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The job was often given to the new guy in the unit. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She may lose her job because of familial association with treason. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To augment the small income from the service station, C.P. got a job as an unskilled maintenance worker at Duke University. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mother told us all about her lesson plans and complimented Judy on the job she’d done washing the windows before she got around to asking me about the first day of school. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eaves has written down all the jobs in his union diary but hasn’t yet found the number when a different sergeant shouts: “On the lineup!” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would blame the change in his life on one job—a warehouse job, working for a large corporation which today advertises its products with the smiling faces of children. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ernest called MIT’s bluff, informing Evans that he was welcome to hire experienced cyclotroneers from Berkeley to do the job, but warning that the good ones would demand at least an assistant professorship to move. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She imagines where that first job might take her, assumes it will be in some far-flung town in the middle of nowhere. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were often full of messy feelings, having trouble with relationships, trouble keeping a job, trouble staying out of trouble with the law. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The economic forces that caused jobs to migrate to low- wage countries are still active. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I got a job at a diner serving food to customers, and after a couple of weeks Dennis called on me again and we started going out. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was because more women than men rode the buses, and because Gray and his colleagues wanted to protect the jobs of men, who were typically regarded as the breadwinners in families. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

As a young reporter, he went to many corners of the country, following a story or, in many cases, following a job. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As long as he was stranded he ought to scout around for some sort of job in a hurry. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My dad got a research job here, at the university. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

You’re there to sell vegetables, to pick up a job for the day, or maybe just to enjoy the sights. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

So my job was to collect his pay before he had a chance to celebrate. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And yet, away from public view, one of the largest concentrations of professional female mathematicians in the United States stayed on the job, their identities wedded to their professions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

A cannon barrage could kill hundreds instantly, and Grant’s cannons are certainly close enough to do the job. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

In South Korea, North Korean defectors routinely quit their jobs, claiming they have been singled out for persecution. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Quickly, Mr. Bucket tried to get another job. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Desperation, deep poverty, and illiteracy drove women to take the risk of cohabiting with men such as truck drivers and soldiers, those with steady jobs or who wielded the power of intimidation. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Mary Gearhart, a small, pleasant woman, worked at a number of restaurants before finding a job in a German hotel in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

What I find remarkable in hindsight is how, over the course of that winter and spring, I just did my job. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The only reason I mentioned it was to make him feel bad for making me work this job. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But right now my only job is to make sure this absurd scene doesn’t turn into some ridiculous faux girl-gang turf war, so I pull Violet away and step in front of her. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

After admitting to herself that Papá wasn’t going to send any more money, she’d done the responsible thing and gone out and found her very first job. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dad always worked from sunup until sundown in the weeks before the first snow, trying to stockpile enough money from hauling scrap and building barns to outlast the winter, when jobs were scarce. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Hisao had gotten a job in the laundry ironing and folding clothes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I think making me quit my job and locking me in the house did the trick. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Aurelio, the regular dishwasher, did this every morning, but today the job had fallen to me and it was brutal. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I cannot do a just job on Constantine’s story if I don’t know what’s happened to her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

His job was to treat my concussion and contusions, and when he was done with that, he let me go. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The rich and the poor, who are generally thought to live in a state of harmonious interdependence—the one providing cheap labor, the other providing low-wage jobs—can no longer coexist. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jorge interviewed me and gave me the job in about twelve seconds. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

But this man was in a London Underground uniform and this meant it was his job to help lost passengers. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she rambled on about how graduating from high school wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be and how much she hated her job at the Waffle House. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Her first fancy wedding had been a big success, and now she was getting other jobs. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Three tense weeks after that, Eric took a temp job, as a network programmer with Andersen Consulting that paid $35,000 a year. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Full-time jobs, commutes, and children or parents who need care often get in the way. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Fates have clear ideas about what jobs belong to gods, and what has to be done by mortals. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s my job to make sure it stays healthy.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figure I can still try Daddy’s other job. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I showed Ma and Pa the paper Mrs. Holton had writ and they told me it was a great honour to do this, that I had to do the best job I could. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I can't wait to get a job,” I say, stirring the ice cubes in my soda. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“For a moment I thought you had lost your job.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I understand what’s happening here. I’m not going to let them drive you off this job.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angered at losing their jobs, the laborers took over the plant. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

“And you’re doing a fine job with just a sinker on that line.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He had lost his job at the glass factory, and he had lost something even more precious: his dignity as a human being. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I can tell you’re really growing up since you listened to me and got a job.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

My first day in Idaho, I got my old job back at Stokes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Junior is a wino who does little odd jobs around the block, but anytime any trouble goes down his mama starts running around screaming for him like he’s four or five years old. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sweetie,” she said, “the only sewage I ever saw was the human kind. That’s what you call the ‘downside’ of my job.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You’re always alone in here. How about talking to the owner about giving us jobs?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He assigned him to a permanent job at Camp 14’s pig farm, where two hundred men and women raised about eight hundred pigs, along with goats, rabbits, chickens, and a few cows. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I have a job too! Don’t throw that in my face. Plus, I’m up twice a night to nurse the baby!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But we wouldn’t settle down and get boring jobs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I supposed he had done something wrong, because President Truman took away his job. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Working on the railroad was considered a good job, and A. Philip Randolph, perhaps the most important figure in the civil rights movement, was making it a better job. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t hold down a job, and before long, he was homeless. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Like teaching me English, Toño gets me ready for job searching. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But you get the job done without smashing anything.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

While I was in the condition I was in I couldn’t find another job, so I was unemployed most of the winter. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have no choice. We have to take the risk of talking to newspaper people. Who is going to feed us and put a roof over our heads if I don’t get my job back?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cook at the Radio Grill has two other jobs. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As weeks slid past, he began making plans to seek another job, thinking that he had been permanently laid off. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Campion readily agreed to send some rabbits from Efrafa and the first party was led by none other than Captain Avens, who acted sensibly and made a very good job of it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His favorite job was caring for Hannibal the elephant, but he’d managed to mess that up, too—giving Hannibal indigestion by feeding him peanuts. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Glade had gone back to business as usual— people working the jobs, the doors of the Box closed, sun shining down. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Her job is to help him care about things other than power, and my job is to care only about power so I can carve out room for his return. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Colonel Read had been head of a whole regiment of militia, but he’d quit the job. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And Speed-O trained me when I first got the job with the trucking company. We worked together for a long time. Had a lot of fun. A lot of laughs.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Terryl had taken a job at Disneyland as a ride operator. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But as I was instructed in my journalism correspondence course through Harper’s Magazine, a good reporter must continue to do her job, even in the most trying of times. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I attended classes without books for a month, then got a job working mornings and evenings for three dollars a week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She applied for a job and was hired right away, since she had a degree, and there were never enough teachers in Battle Mountain. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It won’t really entail much work, licking the stamps is the longest job.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Didn’t know what he meant at first, as I thought I’d done a dead brilliant job of destroying it myself. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I’m so glad the liaison officer has discovered your French and given you a job that makes use of it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The first of the month was always the busiest time, but there were more than enough minor jobs and unhappy marriages to pull us through. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Whether or not museums chose to change the wall labels next to some of Vermeer’s paintings, the public had done an amazing job of spotlighting any possible fraud. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve seen you work a deck of cards. You can get a job in almost any den. Go home and be grateful Kaz doesn’t take what you owe him out of your hide, hmmm?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Schulz had been in trouble with the Gestapo and, as a result, lost his previous job as an oil expert. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I made fourteen dollars each week in my part-time job and planned accordingly. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was a note in his notebook from about a year ago, when a man tried to sell his mother illegal fireworks on the A train: #276: Whose job is it to name fireworks? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Didn’t seem to matter that all he did was brag about his part-time job with his cousin, who had been in the country for five years. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Carroll came over and said that we had done a good job. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says,This job could be the saving of us. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Unless General Woundwort himself were killed, they would stay until the job was done. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a job, Park traveled north to the border with his wife, where they illegally crossed into China and stayed with his uncle for eighteen months. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Declan wants to get out of school as soon as he can and get a job selling linoleum at Cannock’s big shop on Patrick Street. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When we reached his car, not only did he say thank you, but he also asked if I was interested in a job at his computer company. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Joey drooled a lot and so it was the worse job to hold her head. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s the easiest thing in the world to know what people call themselves. A little thought, a little luck, a little memory. Ask me what kind of job.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The glacier that hung from the cliffs at their backs was their reservoir of water: chipping ice and bringing it inside to melt on the stove was a critical job. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And he admitted he had used no sense in looking for a new job. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Louis offered me a job immediately—his secretary had just given her notice. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever was in charge of them was doing an amazing job. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

"Better Piggy than Fatty," he said at last, with the directness of genuine leadership, "and anyway, I'm sorry if you feel like that. Now go back, Piggy, and take names. That's your job. So long." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It only proves that you seem to think the job of a detective is jam-packed with all sorts of excitement. The truth is, it’s mostly boring.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She explained that the cooperative had begun to go downhill and that the partners had had to look for higher-paying jobs and that even Mustafa had gone back to his country. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe found work at Paydirt, a speakeasy night job that lets him see the City do its unbelievable sky and run around with Violet in afternoon daylight. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of the perks of the job. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Gene felt that if the team did its job properly, the human population of Washington would be safe. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know you’re just a job for them? You are nothing but income.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Doris says she doesn't think he ever really wanted to work a legit job. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When Sizwe and I graduated from high school, we couldn’t get jobs. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Moss learned more about Javier and Eugenia, learned about when they’d come to the States, how long she’d worked in a laundromat before getting a better job at a beauty supply store. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I said I didn’t believe that you couldn’t get any job, that I knew people who had. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bert was in charge of the furnace, the garden and all the odd jobs. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women who did work had few job options, and they were always paid significantly less than men for the same work. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

How fascinating, they will likely say, that a drug war was waged almost exclusively against poor people of color—people already trapped in ghettos that lacked jobs and decent schools. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Forget it,” he mumbled, “I’ll get a job and save the money myself.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I spent them walking through the town, searching jobs, and then every night I met my host on the comer opposite the bus station and we went to his house to sleep. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why not live in a smaller, generic town house in a less expensive part of south San Jose that was twenty minutes farther from all my friends, my job, and my high school? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I mean ordinary working people, the kind that we otherwise almost never saw in a bar like Small’s, who, with a good enough hit, had quit their jobs working somewhere downtown for the white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She feared she would spend her life all alone, chained to jobs she hated, marking papers and marking time. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Jorge worked the fields and did laboring jobs just like I did. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and En Enrique’s Journey rique both work at the same mechanic’s shop, but the uncle never offers him a lift in his car to their job. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He’s accepted that the days ahead are going to be increasingly difficult, but the job brings him pride and honor. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Colonel Cargill envies you because of the splendid job you’re doing on parades. He’s afraid I’m going to put you in charge of bomb patterns.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

You never knew, each year, exactly which jobs would be offered. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at all the jobs they get for voters.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ma told me she broke the news about her job before you ran off. How are you feeling about that?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Diners were everywhere, and so were jobs making deliveries, washing dishes, or busing tables. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

You have a purpose here, a job, and your time is running out. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They met on the job when they were working as private security guards. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking I could get a job. Maybe work at the hardware store, since Dad doesn’t want to.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And he had to deliver only fifty papers, so his job was more like a hobby. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I got to watch Doris call in to her job and pretend to be sick, which is something she never did. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“You mean, stop her from getting another job?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After returning from Bali, Barack had spent more than a year writing a second draft of his book during the hours he wasn’t at one of his jobs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In other words, the body took its own measures to rid the humors of poisons and set them in balance once again; the doctor’s job was to coax the body along in this process. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Unless she found a job that paid twice as much, she could not afford to stay. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Later when asked how I got my job, I was never able to say exactly. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ever been to this job? Seen a paycheck or even a check stub?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The driver simply told him he was transporting construction supplies for a job in El Paso. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Then he saw Mom’s face and remembered we’re broke and that he’s trying to find a job, and stopped. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning, after a stand-up breakfast in the café, Lupita started her job as a chambermaid. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

If the Cadillac had been a circus elephant, it couldn’t of done a better job of taking Mama’s and Cold Sassy’s mind off of Grandpa Blakeslee and Miss Love. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Dear Junior, I am still looking for a job. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our job was to crush the stones into gravel. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My job's to help Mr. Donatelli train you how to fight. But you got to get to be a man on your own." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a good man at his job—but that wasn't enough for success. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Fifteen years I been doin’ this job and nobody’s ever done this,” she said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Anything else? Do you know what her job was?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Shortly after Bull Connor lost his job as commissioner of public safety, the Jim Crow signs came down in my city. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But the store hadn’t asked her to take the job. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Not long before my wedding, she’d been promoted to the role of commissioner in charge of planning and economic development for the city and had offered me a job as an assistant commissioner. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Times was tough, but I would take any job and I always had work. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if Mom couldn’t get a new job, we could lose our little house. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And by the way, I read the Slater obituary in the paper the other day. Dad and I thought you and Miss Volker did an outstanding job.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You get the hell off this job before we cut your belly button out!” they said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

April 1—Everbody in the bakery came to see me today where I started my new job working by the dough-mixer. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was the Council, too, which worked out the system of submitting bids for unusual jobs to be done. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The job, for her, was a welcome shift in routine, and for our family it was also more or less a financial necessity. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was his job to advise me on all prison procedures and generally keep an eye on my progress. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And without her job, what good could she do for any of them? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He and his father share the job of collecting palm sap and fruit for the village’s chief. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a day of giving the gracious smile and receiving the gracious rebuff as I asked again and again about jobs. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not lose his job, and with it, this solid house, with its ever-growing lawn and maturing ornamental shrubbery. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tried their best to land all the supply vessels in the same general area, and did a reasonably good job. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But your friend here did a better job of that than we ever could’ve.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Until the 1950s, when it became a civil service post, the job was a political appointment, often bestowed on men who knew nothing whatsoever about running a prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She approved of black men in blue suits who had jobs in offices downtown. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It created jobs, it clothed the poor, and it established the World Code. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He did a good job, too, except that he wouldn’t put Security down, not even to be a high priest. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Coach Hedge left on his shadow-travel expedition, Leo had decided that his three-legged table could do just as good a job as their ‘adult chaperone’. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Couldn’t stick with anything — jobs, people, cities. It was a flaw in his design. In the end, he couldn’t even stick with me.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The murky visibility was making it nearly impossible for rookie coast guardsman John Cullen to do his job. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

His job had to do with planning gardens for cities. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing she wanted was to jeopardize her new job. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"Uh, after that? You mean, like, get into college and get a job and get married and give you grandchildren and stay off drugs and live happily ever after?" Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

With Jimmy and Tommy in tow they marched to the speakeasy on Atlantic Avenue where Malachy could be found on Friday, payday when he had a job. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was very impressed. 12TH JUROR: Yes, I think he did an expert job. 12TH JUROR: I mean, he had a lot of drive, too. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spreading terror was the job of the overseer. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Moss was astonished when I told her that I had a job. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The longer you stay,” she tells your parents, “the harder it will be for him, and the harder it will be for us to do our jobs.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“You can read. Write. Add. Subtract. You got a line to a good job. What do you need a piece of paper for? I care that you learn your scripture, that’s all.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She served us, helped us dress, sent us off to school, and left for her own job in a fog of pain that obliterated all hope, all romance. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Clouds that gathered where ships were supposed to appear, and the passing of the day, slowly did the job of unbending my smile. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s like an old movie star, I tell myself, with false teeth and a face job. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Languages also have grammatical functions whose job is not to distinguish the cast of characters but to pipe up with other kinds of information. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Better. I was offered the job in Washington.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Since that she had hunted all over everywhere for the different parts and added a little to the job every day. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Well, what they don’t tell you is that there ain’t a more dangerous job in the whole Bureau. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Half the people in this neighborhood don’t have jobs, all they have for entertainment is what they can make up.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, a number of people did respond, inviting me to have lunch or come in for a meeting, even if they had no job to offer. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Any of the four would lose his job if convicted of a felony, he said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward he watched Helen trim Theresa’s nails; that was her job. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sonny? When you get out of here and go live at Cape Canaveral, could you maybe help us get jobs?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Some job for the Ministry, trying to sort out who was being forced to act, and who was acting of their own free will. “ Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A few days later, my job cleaning the ghetto ended, and I was put back to work in Plaszów. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It was always my job to make sure Kingston had water,” he says, unable to meet my eye. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“My flatmate doesn’t know that I’ve lost my job. So I go into London, as usual, and I go to libraries, to job hunt, to work on my CV.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and her sisters have led such turbulent lives—so many husbands, homes, jobs, wrong turns among them. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Because I can’t see how this will help you get a job.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

‘Christy’s with the other guys and girls. They’re all on the same job this week. Down Earl’s Court at the Motorcycle and Scooter Show.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If Mr. Remora needs that book for his job, Em...maybe that’s more important.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Not much happening in terms of jobs so I'm heading north tomorrow. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you like the job, and you’re good at it.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They're not even here to enroll me—handed that job off like a baton to Didu and leapt on the plane to Mumbai late last night. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was one of the best jobs at the facility, and one of the hardest to get, but Richard was doing exceptionally well. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe losing the job isn’t the worst thing that could have happened. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Part of Caputo’s job was to verify the numbers by inspecting bodies brought into the base. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was on vacation from his job in Assam, where he worked as an assistant manager of a tea estate. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To commit “a seven-three” was to use seven words when three would do, and a “ninety-nine one hundred” meant quitting on a nearly completed job. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And whose job is it to count them? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They’d say that it was because they liked Reagan’s policies, or they thought he was doing a good job. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today is Thursday, says the thin woman.Your job starts on Monday. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The airport brought jobs, and the people working those new jobs needed places to live. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her new job meant that “last minute” happened a lot. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“He was obviously upset by the action being taken,” said Donald Coffey, one of the NSA men who carried out the job. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This principle holds for more than just jobs, of course. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought back to my darker days after college when I battled depression and uncertainty, unable to find a job in the corporate world like my friends. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And then I told him quickly about Helena, and the lack of work, except for German jobs that required money to get. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

That last-minute request meant Mother Lois had to rush over from her teaching job in North Little Rock. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’d have a job spotting Harry in this,” said Ron, nodding through the mullioned windows at the thick, swirling snow. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Good job,” he said and offered his fist. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not that my vision is blurry, it’s just that my brain isn’t doing a good job of creating the full picture. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I was getting way ahead of myself, but I knew I could kill it at this job if given the chance. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I do a good job of blocking painful, unnecessary things from my memory. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You’ve had time to think, Shadow. Do you want a job?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I alone could hear the slow pulse of its job half done. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had time, though, there was a part of the job he loved. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t hate him, but it will be my job to fight him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Their job was to protect the city’s people. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I can get a job. I mean, I haven’t faced up to it like I need to.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“If he wants to take on the job, tell him to send one of you with his answer. I will then arrange a meeting with my client.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tells her times are hard, jobs are scarce, and she says, Is it coddin’ me you are? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Coloured groups at the time were more concerned about the race classification and job reservation, issues that did not affect Africans and Indians to the same degree. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winston was an acne-covered kid, short but muscular, and it seemed to Thomas the Keeper liked his job way too much. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Because of the war, his job has expanded. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As she became better and better at the job, she became an intelligence powerhouse, able to advise the Coast Guard and other agencies on everything from potential dangers to easy targets. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Someone else can do your job—I’m sure there are others itching for the opportunity.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Faizah was so sweet, and I knew she just wanted to get me out of my depression, but I didn’t think I could face Coach Mustilli until I had a job. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

My first job of the day, with breakfast less than an hour away, will be to open it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would William take a civilian job with the War Department instead? The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It’s your job to make our new students feel welcome and comfortable in their surroundings.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“That sounds like you. If you knew anything about your job, you’d be in bars tipping us off on people like those three girls we brought in last night.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For many of them, the job of gang boss—highly visible and highly lucrative—was easily the best job they thought they had access to. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He has found a new job, not in Paris or the Netherlands, not in art or preaching, but in teaching, at a boys’ boarding school run by a minister on the eastern coast of England. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The fact that the job would have enabled his brother to return to school was not enticing to Bigger Thomas. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If you refuse, I’m writing you up. Or maybe you don’t care about your job.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My job is to keep you all safe,” he said slowly and evenly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He said Mama has to stop washing for Mrs. McGarrity and I have to give up my job. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

For down South he'd be unable to get a job on the honey wagon. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downtown, white people wore suits and white shirts to jobs in offices and stores. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I do, however, and $5 to $6 an hour for what this lady freely admits is heavy labor with a high risk of repetitive-stress injuries seems guaranteed to repel all mathematically able job seekers. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You used to pass by it as a South Side kid riding the bus to high school, peering mutely out the window at the people who strode like titans to their jobs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was his job to lead all the College services, to preach and pray and hear confessions. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“The way everybody turned out, it seems they did a good job too,” Richard said. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Delamino told Quincy she got her a job in the bakery part of the Brown Cow grocery store. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I like movies. There’s a theater near where I live now. I thought I would try to get a job as a projectionist.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was his job to inspect the gemstone. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Then he gave a shaky laugh and added: “Good job there weren’t cows in the field. They’d have got a fright.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and some girl named Shayla might move to Fort Lauderdale if Shayla’s uncle could get them jobs in his Mexican restaurant. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Grandma works a very busy job and still cooks amazing meals. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It meant that Harriet could find jobs for herself, and would pay Stewart fifty or sixty dollars a year. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His job was to save lives but he’d ended up shooting one of his fellow Marines. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody forced them to go work for him. They wanted jobs where they could earn the most money. Who can blame them?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Confunded, both of them.... Black’s done a very good job on them....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They weren’t sure normality was up to the job. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

You sat and sat until the dispatcher either sent you out on a job or sent you home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had a few dollars in his pocket from the last job and he had an uncle in San Francisco or one of the other California Sans. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I tried everywhere to find work, but for every job there were a hundred seekers. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even though there was no job to go to, he left every morning early to look. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

We had better do a better job of controlling our young people. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how carefully Matt explained to them the difference between two hundred ten job seekers and only twenty jobs, it didn’t penetrate. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now, just because she had done a good job one time, she was picked out, special, for the rest of her life. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

People who spoke little or no English, but who could do one of the many jobs associated with putting a garment together, flooded into the buildings each morning and out again each night. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you try cooking again? You could easily snag a good job.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Some of the grown-ups who lived there worked in Mark’s kitchens, but most of them had one or two jobs in the city. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I’ll pay you back the money as soon as I find a job.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa was relaxing at the kotatsu and said he wanted to spend one day of vacation before looking for a job, because it might be his last day off for a long time. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

To do this job well you had to be fearless, know how to talk to people, have thick skin and a high tolerance for stress. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

During his first day on the job we noticed he had a small swastika tattooed on his wrist. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, aren’t you going to ask if I found a job?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She looked like a football coach who had done a good job with her team and was satisfied to stand next to the eighteen-yard box and watch. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He would arrive home, his huge muscular body obviously tired from the physical labor of his job. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You did a fantastic job with the footage. I know I didn’t give you much time.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Billups quit her job after spring break, so we ended up with a series of subs till the end of the year. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He started having dark moods, staying out late and coming home drunk, and losing jobs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her morning at the East Side job proceeded without incident—until nature called. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I stopped looking for corporate jobs, and I put law school farther down on my list of priorities. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Glad your old man can still get the job done,” he said smoothly. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Atlanta had public transportation in the form of bus and rail, which made getting to those jobs easy, and Clarkston had its own rail stop—at the end of the line. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Their jobs and their family set them apart, but they were best known for their unrelenting meanness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Socially awkward, withdrawn to everyone except my grandmother, he was unable to hold a job or live by himself. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“My job is important and has enormous honor. But that does not mean I am perfect, and when I tried before to train a successor, I failed. Please ask any questions that will help you.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Toby figured that there was nothing less interesting to most of the kids he knew than an after-school job, and he was right. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The arrangement with Teller, York reflected, was “peculiar,” but it did the job: “None of the strained relationships that had surrounded Teller at Los Alamos developed at Livermore.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Anne got a job in the high-school cafeteria, saved her money, and bought silk stockings, two short dresses and four flimsy pieces of underwear known as teddies. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba found a job off Washington Boulevard as an assistant at a gas station owned by an Afghan acquaintance—he’d started looking for work the same week we arrived. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Dollar a day and there’s a cook that will make some lunch and a dinner meal too if the work goes real late. This job will probably last about two more days.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a C student without much of a future, just out of high school, when he got his break: the job on the Kaiser factory floor. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t he be living up to the prophecy, and giving himself the best chance of survival, if he joined those highly trained wizards whose job it was to find and kill Voldemort? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t want that to be her only job. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Six months later, when the job was done, McLean dragged his feet on payment. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He could meet with his KGB handlers with ease, since, as far as MI6 was concerned, meeting with Soviet agents was part of Blake's job. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Unemployed, unable to send money to her children in Honduras, Lourdes takes the one job available: work as a jichera at a Long Beach bar called El Mar Azul Bar # 1. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And he needed a stable platform to get the job done. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another of his jobs was to unload cement bags from railroad cars. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Being a good soldier meant doing your job. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Homes had been bombed, jobs lost, and people lynched for less. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Between her job and the testing, she was often on the go. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he’d meant it to be light, but the story he related only added to my worries: I had a job a little out of the ordinary today. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“The bigger the sums, the better, and never a thought of paying it back. Of course, he’d rather die than get a job.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Can we imagine this happening while most black men landed decent jobs or trotted off to college? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s never too late to find a summer job working at the mall, Will.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I enjoyed working hard, getting the job done, getting a paycheck,” Blevins recalled. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I asked the porter if he knew about jobs on the levee. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This person will have been born in a demographic trough, so as to have had the best of New York’s public schools and the easiest time in the job market. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like they were subtle about it. And it’s not my job to lie for them.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

To say that Barack threw himself into the job would be an understatement. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“The director did a brilliant job of crafting the arc of the play,” she wrote. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Then come to see me before you take another job,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mom got pregnant, Lola and Lolo made her leave art school and get a job. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t thought of the possibility of catching him at his job. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jobs would start in Washington, DC, on January 1, 1921. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

If our job title, “correction officer,” suggested a role in setting people straight, though, Turner suggested we think again. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I did a great job editing, but I tense up, knowing that my part is coming up. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s not your job, Homer,” she said from the stepladder in front of her painting. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“If the man give me a job back home I wouldn’t be doing this job over here,” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia had only one job for the Bon Temps International Escort Agency, with an obese, freckled rancher from Oklahoma, who wore mismatched snakeskin boots. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how out of place I may feel in clothes that my friend Jaime Madison might don, it’s better to walk into a job interview dry. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Fourth term of my senior year, I only applied to one job, but it was a good one, being six hundred miles away from Mississippi. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

On my first day on the job, I walked into my classroom and tried to present myself as an authority figure, someone confident and intelligent, but inside I was a nervous wreck. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I hear that your father still doesn’t have a job,” she said bluntly. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got an email from one of the jobs I applied for. I have an in-person interview next week. Guess I should go ahead and shave.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Your job isn’t to have fun, they told her, your job is to cheer for Mica High no matter what. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Even some restaurant jobs, it seems, are not immune to outsourcing. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m used to slinking into strange villages, strange palaces, and houses—it was my job in the old days. If you know what I mean.’ Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In schooling she recognized the key to job advancement. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

True, “young ladies” were not often found living on the road, traveling from town to town and job to job. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Oberlin College was gravy—all you could eat and no one telling you what to do and your own job to boot if you wanted one. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the galleries are all locked down at night, mainly her job is to check, every hour or so, that every inmate is still breathing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their job done, the men turn on their heels and, one by one, leave the cell. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She came to Reykjavik as much as her job in a pharmaceutical company—and her editorship of a chess journal in Tokyo—would allow. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Ma’am, let us do our job. We told you not to follow. Max, get her out of here!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was hanging clothes to dry in the yard and I saw his eagerness in the harried way he finished the job. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Here's fifteen, and if that lazy son of mine gets a job soon, I'll come back and give you and your pretty bird more." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

After they had admired our paint job, Miss Whitlaw produced a small bottle of wine. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was eventually appointed head of pathology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and when that happened, his old job came open, the job of chief of pathology at the Institute. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Things have definitely been tough. But Isaiah’s doing a great job of keeping his dad with us.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“This job is my gift. I’m sixty-five years old. I waited twenty-one years to get back here.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When it came to the latter, it was our job to translate the intricate plot twists and romantic entanglements. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My job was to pry it out of the pot. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Who you think you talking to, Aibileen? A monkey? I might as well go work for the KKK. And you know I never take Yule May’s job away.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And to make sure I had done the job right, I fired four more shots, calmly, point-blank— thoughtfully, as it were. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Any job for her would be odd, I thought. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You always knew this job involved some risks. Why are you pulling me out now? You’re too afraid of seeing me hurt?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“If that’s true, I’m not doing a great job of it.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“A parent’s job is to protect their children, even from themselves. Especially from themselves.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Emma Slater is survived by four loving children who grew up in Norvelt, but none of them live in town any longer, having left to find jobs. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She could see why her grandma lost her job. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After we'd carried the furniture to the deadbeat's new apartment, Patrick offered me a job, and I took it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s only a job, he said, trying to soothe me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Possibly these dreams were in the back of her mind when she spoke to William that winter about quitting her job. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

You want to try it? 12th juror: No. Listen, you’re doing a beautiful job. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blacks who tried to register faced threats, harassment and loss of their jobs. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What can he spend it on? If he had even a shred of self-respect he’d go down to the employment office and get himself a job.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, you could just find another job. One where you don’t have to deal with that Connor always poking his nose into our business.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to lose this job now. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Fearing job losses, the workers, including lots of Stokumites, had fought against it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Since most of the work took place in early morning, I could supplement my income with a nighttime job, such as lighting lampposts. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We were too young to do a good job on Mr. Fenchel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They loved stories and poetry even if none of this was any good for getting a job. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was a flash moment in time, when everything had been all good: Dad had had his job, Mom had dressed in her Star Trek costume, and Thomas had been standing by my side. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Dead and warm, on the other hand, showed you were doing your job. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That first day in class, Johnny Manuelito emphasized to us how important our jobs as code talkers would be. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

To say so, however, might mean losing their jobs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her father is thinking about taking a job in Dallas and she wouldn’t mind moving again, nope not one bit, because she’s heard kids in the South aren’t as stuck-up as they are here. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But while I’m her Elder, it’s my job to keep her safe. Isn’t it?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I could stay and graduate from Welch High and go to Bluefield State, as Miss Katona had suggested, then get a job at The Welch Daily News. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was her opinion that the reason Seema was as withdrawn as she was, was because Ritu auntie hadn’t done a good enough job making her feel welcome in her sasural—bridal home. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She had found the delicate charms online, a tiny gold M and a tiny gold peach, and used the money from her old clothing boutique job to pay for them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He would go to his assigned tunnel and do his job quickly—once you got good at using your wrenches and brushes and tubes of glue, it wasn’t hard. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The camaraderie, intensity, and passion for the job, and the sense of duty to something larger than myself, was something I had missed desperately. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I rapidly pressed the print button again and again, urging the machine to do its job. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It is a list of practical, achievable goals that can help a newcomer build a stable, productive life; it usually includes English fluency, job training, counseling, and lessons in money management. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Dad really wants to quit his job and find a new accounting firm or maybe even start his own—he’s a CPA—but he can’t because we get our health insurance through his work. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“That boy’s got a job his first day here. That’s get-up for you. He’s going somewhere. He just don’t sit and gab. He moves.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all knew that changes in jobs were arranged during the Christmas season. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Normal schools do fun things. We’ve been such a bunch of sad sacks lately. It’s my job as seventh-grade president to brighten things up a little.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I’m worrying about getting a job right now. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

My mother had left her job to give birth to another child, her seventh, a pretty, dimpled girl named Linah. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did a superb job, nursing the horses’ ailments while honing their speed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The steam started the job, and then the heat from the stove tops did the rest. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m strong enough to do the job,” Ifemelu said, and fought the urge to back out of the apartment and run and run. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m worried that he thinks he’s done a bad job, so I tell him: “It’s okay. You’ve been really helpful.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I eventually got my best-paying job, as a nighttime security guard at a hospital. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only job I could get in my neighborhood was selling drugs—so I decided to pass. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"He's always asking me for money. I wish he'd get a job and stop pestering me. Will he get a job, can you tell?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Just because you take me off the job doesn’t mean he won’t attack again.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The whole ranch became centered on the job,” Howard said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After acknowledging Simplicio’s death and naming the waterfall after him, the men once again began the backbreaking job of building another portage. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

After all, she was just the head of the English department, a job that in the scheme of natural selection at Permian ranked well behind football coach and band director, among others. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

You lose your job, your car, or your babysitter. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Somewhere inside, the First and Second Cohorts are keeping their banners. Our job is to get inside and capture them without getting slaughtered. We do that, we win.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Part of our job was to memorize the different types of “delivery devices.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was during this gap that Vesalius opened negotiations to take up the post, and if it hadn’t been for his ill-fated trip to Jerusalem he would probably have got the job ahead of Fabricius. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The others are the specialized skills a job requires, the unpleasantness of a job, and the demand for services that the job fulfills. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He knew that Monique had probably gotten the job, which meant that she would go out tonight to “celebrate.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her room and board and supplies, she estimated, she would pay for with a part-time job. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Just for the month. Spending money is a full-time job.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Goodness, there’s so much to tell. You remember how I told you I worked as a housekeeper back in Richmond, before I got my teaching job? Well, that was in your mother’s house.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hid the copies he’d been making at friends’ houses, and made the decision to leave his job. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The grocery-store job was important only because it said so in the play. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnson thought that Monaco should get a job first before he made plans to marry her, and Lobel said that he should wait until he got back to the World before he made a decision. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In these, Guiteau revealed his indignation at being refused a job in the new administration. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s been miserable, just miserable. “I’m going to work as hard as I can and do the best job that I possibly can,” he said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a job at the campus creamery, flipping burgers and scooping ice cream. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Of course you do, but you’re a little boy. It was a job for men, but only little boys like to hear about it.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, too, if I were a Negro, I would not be pressured by my mother to find a good job, for no good jobs would be available. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond, above, below, were other swarms of workers engaged in an unimaginable multitude of jobs. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s for my dad. He needs a job.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He too small for that kind a work, too skinny, but he needed the job. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There I got a job as a waitress. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll sell the wagon. Find a job. Save our dough. And see what happens.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quincey’s head is level. This burglary business is getting serious; we got off once all right; but we have now a rare job on hand—unless we can find the Count’s key basket.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

What hurts him is the castration, and I never did like that part of the job. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That would be a real good idea except you don’t know how to shoot a gun. This is no time for on-the- job training.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had not helped matters that he had come during the time of the troubles, when the demons had roared through the Tang people’s town claiming the Tang people took jobs away from them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Born twenty years after Elizebeth, Davis had studied math in West Virginia during the Great Depression, then struggled to find a job that used her talents. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“If a guest is sitting next to you, it’s your job to keep him happy, to see that things are passed to him,” Dad kept telling us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m reporting for a job, sir,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My job is to figure out the escape route." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

His women folk gave him money and he got a room and a new job over in Jersey. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My assignment was to make sure he was happy in the job, that he had someone to come to if he needed advice, and that he felt connected to the larger team. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You think maybe you could get a job there again?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here I was, taking care of Frankie and myself. . . and I was doing a pretty good job. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Is this about your grandmother getting fired from her job with the city?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Through a federally funded job training program operated by Goodwill Industries, McNair found a $9-an-hour job at a warehouse twenty miles—two buses and a taxi ride—away. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The defense machine’s hunger virtually assured them of a job through retirement. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

If there were gods in need of slaying, here was the man for the job. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Making it clear that they should carry weapons, he added, “But if you have to fight to survive, do a good job.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As the paper’s in-house lawyer, it would be his job to advise the editors about the possible legal fallout from publishing classified documents. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he was Sir Will, a brave knight whose job it was to retrieve precious stolen objects from spooky evil wizards. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Soon her husband left to take the job in the tobacco factory and, before long, summoned her to Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’d retired by then—he was seventy- two—but he did odd jobs and worked on heating systems with his brother Walter. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, spur-of-the-moment jobs could land you in trouble. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And gluing my locker shut wasn’t? Good job on not admitting that, by the way.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

So, while the Nazis did increase the number of new jobs by building and repairing roads, railways, and houses as well as building up their military, they also took employment away from other Germans. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

What kind of job can a reservation Indian boy get? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had also been planted that her job was contingent on her being able to grind coffee. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I made up a story for Weylin to explain why we were here—and why we were broke. He offered me a job.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The job was supposed to be a big honor, but Jacob obviously hated it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A training officer named Hill told us that our job would be unusually difficult, because “OJTs irritate inmates.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small job here, a smaller job there. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A good long time. Over nine years. Until I got that teaching job I told you about. We still kept up after I left, though.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Going to the hall was like a job to Dad. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could live with her, she said, if I got a job and chipped in on the rent. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Coach knew that Boy21 was the only black kid on his team like I’m the only white kid on my team, and that’s why Coach picked me for this job. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the reasons we moved to Epiphany was that Mother got a job there. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Very likely, he is a school drop-out, the same as I was, an Army reject, psychologically unsuited to a job even if he was offered one, the same as I was. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved to Chicago in February 1893 and took a job as a stenographer for a law firm. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Because it’s also my job to lead us to victory, and I clearly failed at that, too. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Wickersham had turned and, according to Goldman, said, “It’s not my job to baby you.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following spring I got a job with the Roark Motor Company. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They want to know how I got such a good job at eleven years of age and what I’m paid and if I’ll have that job forever. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Ha, ha. I guess Papa’s new job with the government does have some perks. Plus, it’s kind of a gift before I . . .” She bit her bottom lip. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“That’s right, with a real job and a real house and everything.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

All my jobs are done, but I find myself keeping busy while Bo finishes the floors. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“The magnitude of the job dwarfs every man who aspires to it.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He concentrated his whole being on the job in hand, sometimes clinging to the stones by no more than a single claw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of paying off debts. I had an idea. What if I were to go to college so that I could get a better job and help pay off your debts faster?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She seemed pretty proud of herself, strutting around and squawking her head off when I told her she did a good job. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Cheryl Moody is a public school girl who works in a dreary mall job to earn money for college. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“There, there, hush now, Missus. Better to lose a house than lose our lives. A good job we got sanctuary here at Redwall.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But I leaped at the job, because it meant I would become one of those people who knew what was really going on. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Since I had applied for such a nonentity of a job, Quackenbush, who had known as little about me as I had about him, knew now. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Negroes were selected on the basis of scholarship, personal conduct, and health. We picked those who had the mental ability to do the job and had used it,” Blossom answered. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s no traffic. You make better time. Dad was right about that. Anyway, Mom has an interview for a job in Atlanta tomorrow afternoon.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She accepted a job at the Northrop Corporation, one of many aviation companies tucked into the suburban sprawl of Los Angeles. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

They both got jobs in a factory, packaging clothes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Let Pet do his job, Jam,” he said. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As for me, I’ve given up trying to think like Alice for the day, and turn to a job I know I can do. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way I look how can I ever start my job at the post office. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“How would you like another job?” asked the lab director. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That means he asked them if he could have a job in London, and he was leaving. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"How you hear about this job?" he snapped suddenly, as though trying to catch me off guard. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, this is a two-way street, and she definitely hasn’t been doing a perfect job on her end either. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It was run by the mob, he said, which controlled all the construction projects in the city, so before he could get a decent job, he had to run organized crime out of town. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Gentlemen, let’s don’t be childish! This boy’s going on trial for his life. My job is to enforce the laws of this state. . . .” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is a hard job to pour a small drink from a five-gallon keg. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you’re looking for a job, English is the difference between getting the job or staying unemployed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Through friends they had found a house there, and Shig lined up a job in a restaurant. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hall’s new job was to help figure out what happened to a ball of metal when it was surrounded by explosives and blown inward. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good job. It’s going to be the best Junior Scandals ever!” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“He called me Helen and told me it’s my job to collect data on sharks.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He got a job as a security guard working at one of the buildings on Wall Street. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She told him to find a job and try again in a year. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I imagine them telling the Doctorita how I work in the fields, and the Doctorita assuming it’s a matter of time before I come begging for my job back. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On accepting a job in the Rad Lab in 1941, however, he promised Lawrence not to embarrass the lab with labor activism or other causes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

According to the media, there are more than 2,000 people working at Star City, and 30 percent of those jobs are critical to the space agency. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I squeeze my eyes shut and try to remember what Daddy’s two jobs were when he was my age. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She worked from time to time as a bartender or waitress, but the jobs never lasted long. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Six months later, he returned with a motorcycle but no job. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He drifted back into the singing-waiter business and from that time on never worked at any other job. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coach didn’t see any of this, but I knew I had just landed the job. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, in 1944, she had a top-secret job at the Navy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

With Mason refusing to survey the mountain, the job fell to Maskelyne. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Shawn wanted to professionalize the operation, to invest the profits from the Malad job in new equipment; Dad wanted things to stay the same. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It’s probably the main perk of the job. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It was Volta’s job to set appointments with the families of the deceased, so that they could be granted the obligatory immunity. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

My job is to watch the child while Anna rests, to give her a break. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got tired of Aunt Mary treating me so mean, so I quit her factory and started looking for a job as an usher or movie ticket clerk in Harlem. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of Jack’s jobs was at a chemical plant. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Felix, Max, nice job. Rotate off. Let's change it around,” Coach Murphy yelled to them, even though they'd won the matchup. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What job do you hope to get if you leave school now?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, okay, I know I have to work, but why this job, I cannot figure, other than that my dad knows the store manager. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

However, if we are not familiar with the culture from which the recordings or material came, our job is more difficult. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

"Would you like a job as the X-ray tech?" he asked. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

What if he insisted she quit school and get a job to pay her share of the expenses? Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Do I tell you how to do your job?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After seventeen years on the job, fourteen of them in B-block, she was showing signs of stress. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the money he earned by working at a job God gave him a body strong enough to work with. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I let him keep you on one condition: that he take the job as warden of Namwon, so that he would never forget the price of turning away from the law. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Piper knew she must be terrified inside, but she did a good job hiding it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Anytime old friends came to visit us at the White House, they were amused by the intensity with which both Barack and I quizzed them about their jobs, their kids, their hobbies, anything. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe if Mom gets the job, I can finally get new sneakers.... Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now even their parents were too swift to talk about Onyeka, his good mechanic job in town, his bicycle, his good behavior, as if he were already a member of the family. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mother constantly reminded him that if he’d finish just one more course, he could graduate from college and have a professional job that paid more. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As described in chapter 1, during the late 1970s, jobs had suddenly disappeared from urban areas across America, and unemployment rates had skyrocketed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Being at that university brought opportunity for a better job and better life for us all. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I will keep looking for a better job. But in the meantime, I will feed my children.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had to have a stable place to live in New York City, and a job. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t care, because in those wartime days such jobs as I could aspire to were going begging. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Frightful, gal,” he said, blowing out his breath in relief, ‘you’ve got a job to do. The eyas is in that box in the tree. She’s in trouble. She needs you.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She was good at anything that involved her hands, and she preferred the jobs where she did not have to work with customers, where she could be alone and thinking, to waitressing, secretarying, salesclerking. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I just want something to stand on to finish my job.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He floated from one job to another, some of them good, some of them not so good. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watched a billion people around the globe lose their jobs in just a year or two. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her first job would be to improve W.E. s taste in TV. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I tried to hold a straight face, but I was sure I wasn't doing a good job. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She said she would get a better teaching job and earn more money with that degree. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was freezingly cold, and this job of seeing off a distinguished stranger was not one to be envied, but Lieutenant Dubose performed his part manfully. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holmes could tell us the job instead of just the number, but if it’s in the blocks, he won’t. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The job was handed to Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, the nation's top aircraft designer and engineer. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom says getting a job is harder than it sounds. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The sale was over and his job as treasurer was over. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She figured that since she had to work, she’d get variety in it by changing her job each chance she got. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After graduating from Oklahoma State University as the Flying Aggies' top female pilot, Wally had gotten a job teaching military men how to fly. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some years there were several good jobs, like greenhouse helper, timekeeper’s assistant, or messenger, and no bad jobs at all. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when none of them would hire her, she’d tried cosmetics counters, other retail jobs, nanny jobs, waiting tables, any opening listed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I want you to do this job all by your lonesome, Montag. Not with kerosene and a match, but piecework, with a flamethrower. Your house, your clean-up.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s not today, then it’s tomorrow, or the next day. When there’s an unpleasant job to do, it’s best to get it over with. Putting it off won’t help.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We did have fuses, but the fuse box was at the rear of the dark warehouse, which made this a particularly unpleasant job at night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You’ve finished your missions and you don’t need the flight pay. Why don’t you ask for Chief White Halfoat’s job, if you can stand working for Captain Black?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I have a forty/sixty chance of getting that job, and I’m not backing out.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was his job to price the unwanted and unexpected. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She could go to London and find a job—it was what her father expected of her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"Good job, Sik," whispered Mo as he came up from behind to gaze at the flower. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, good job. You blew it. Congratulate yourself. I can’t go now.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In a strike, workers walked off the job and refused to go back until the company agreed to their demands. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Marriages are buffeted by more important things, like money and sex and children and jobs and in-laws, in constantly changing combinations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“You know that Carlos and I are earning more in our jobs here. In a few years we’ll build another, small house on this property. A house for you. Your own house.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got you! You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was there when Janina’s mother came back from her job. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When cases went a little cold, or were going to take time from a trooper’s day job, they got passed along to a full-time investigator. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And now Oppenheimer needed him for an urgent job. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has hopes for him: graduation from high school, a white-collar job, maybe as an engineer. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Working nights and weekends, she finished the job in late December. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Luckily, Emily Webb didn’t go on until ten minutes into the play, so the girl handling hair and makeup had time to put Via’s hair up in a twist and do a quick makeup job. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Except then one of us would have to get a job or something.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Within a few weeks, my father—who years earlier had not been able to guess my age within half a decade—knew about my classes, my boyfriend, my summer job. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Within a year, Dad designed a scaffold that made him the fastest bricklayer on the job. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We here in Virginia do a good job of getting them in,” said Glenn Dubois, chancellor of the Virginia Community College System and himself a community college graduate. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It’s not technically a job, nor is it an official government title. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Thursday afternoon Mom was down the hill at the Norvelt Pants Factory filling out the paperwork for a sewing job. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Thorn, you really did a kick-toad job on these. I’m especially surprised by the color.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

What did they know of us, except that we numbered so many, worked on certain jobs, offered so many votes, and provided so many marchers for some protest parade of theirs! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see the Agena about ten feet in front of and above me, but my first job was to turn my back on it and go plug into my nitrogen supply. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so the Eagle let her go, because he needs rats to do his job. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It’s a boring job, and your hands get tired. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His name is Bill Galvin and he has a good job down at the lime kiln. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

This created new jobs, and, within four years, nearly all factory workers were employed. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Generose had managed to keep a part-time job as a stacker at a local drugstore for a while, but since giving birth to Alyah six months before, she had been unemployed. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Kids and old folks get the wonderful job of walking along behind and picking up all of God’s creatures that got burnt to a crisp. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a big risk for them. They might lose their jobs, maybe their families, if they got stuck on the wrong side of the border. Or their lives if they ended up back in Syria.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had just landed his big-time business job doing whatever he does with numbers and money and ROI, and was going to help my mother open up her own therapy office. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I remember my dad saying, “Everything will turn out OK. In the United States, there are more opportunities, better jobs, and no terrorism.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It sounded like an odd sort of job. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You got a visitor here. Do your job!” he shouts. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As he ate he felt that they were thinking of the job he was to get that evening and it made him angry; he felt that they had tricked him into a cheap surrender. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was no such thing as a thirty-year-old gangster: he was either working a legitimate job, dead, or in prison. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“If you get the job, you can make some good gravy.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Matthias knows prison procedure, and Nina can handle any guards without a noisy fight. Your job is to keep them from killing each other.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I know it’s your job, but you’re really good at it. So, thanks.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The next job is some new thatch for that roof. Some spots there’s not enough to make a decent mouse’s nest.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And here I've been congratulating myself for refusing a job, I thought, when I don't even know how much money I owe her. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flaving a job that might help the mission snaps me into focus. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you to be a snitch? This isn’t some schoolyard game. I almost lost my job here, Moose. Do you know what that means to us?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had Señor Aguilar become angry about something Mamá had done and taken her job away? Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

"I said you were hunters. That was your job." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I got my license and a fast-food job, but Dad still wouldn’t give me the car. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Oh, no, they want the nice boys with hair oil and new shoes that have fathers with suits and ties and steady jobs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Paul grabbed a sword from a fallen hero and did a pretty fine job keeping a dracaena busy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They had already left for the wheat field, while Papa had gone to his new job. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Reggie got a job with the National Basketball Association’s Utah Jazz, taking drink orders in a fancy club at the arena. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He quit his job at Floyd’s Foods and Dr. Blankenship hired him to work twenty hours a week filing and cleaning his office. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

There was fond remembrance of the meeting a few years back when hundreds had attended because the state was proposing to end COs’ traditional privilege of carrying concealed firearms off the job. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was away on a job somewhere, that’s why Luke had had to get himself down the mountain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He’d hate to have Leon for an enemy, which is one reason he’d accepted the job of treasurer without making waves. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How about a job? I could work for the park, like you.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Insofar as the poor have to work near the dwellings of the rich—as in the case of so many service and retail jobs—they are stuck with lengthy commutes or dauntingly expensive housing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They confronted Bill Hooks at his job and conducted an extensive interview with Tommy Chapman. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He’d need a very specialized team, a desperate team that wouldn’t balk at the real possibility that they’d never come back from this job. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You have a fifty-fifty chance of doing the job,” Wilson said, “and only a fair chance of escaping.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever he here, he look like he just counting the minutes till he get to go back to his accounting job. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Still, I guess it’s not my job to police his social life. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She wanted to get another job teaching music, but so far nothing had come up. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dorothea wrote about her tour, and about her new job in a nightclub, and about Nick; but she said nothing at all about April’s coming home. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figure he must be good at his job, though, because he always has a lot of cash to spend on me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The counter workers in restaurants weren’t friendly local folk happy to chat, but hostile teenagers who wished they had better jobs or weary older people waiting for their shifts to end. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the members of the committee wore him down, and he finally agreed to take the job—if she would. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was very upbeat, optimistic, and excited about being there, and he wanted to do a good job. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made sure all of the kids were dressed and ready to go on time, and he cooked breakfast, all jobs normally reserved for Alma. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, he’s still looking for a job here.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He came to me one day and said he wanted to leave Manderley and take another job. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The job, he said in conclusion, was about care, custody, and control. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parents of such students need jobs and good housing; the students themselves need to grow up with three meals a day, in safe neighborhoods. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t need to use the brakes since the tree did such a good job of stopping the car. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The camp director responded that he would make a place for him if he could pay $900, which Wayne pieced together from his mother and his earnings at a restaurant job. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Not the gore so much, but the adrenaline buzz that went with the job, that quick hot rush in your veins when the choppers settled down and you had to do things fast and right. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three young women he knew and would have enjoyed as companions had jobs and couldn’t get away in the middle of the week. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our job was to move a pile of rocks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

At Hanawon, the resettlement center in South Korea, job counselors say that workplace paranoia, stormy resignations, and lingering feelings of betrayal are chronic problems as North Koreans adjust to new lives. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“It was my job,” I mutter and head straight for the doors when the meeting is over. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Good. You did get the word. That makes my job easier. Not so much explaining.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

My brother’s job and mine—thinning lettuce and picking carrots after school and on weekends—helped support our family. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I had a hunch he wouldn’t hold Dad’s job open after what happened with the gambling boat, and I was right. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Even the fast-food joints in my neighborhood had a two-year waiting list for job applicants. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Because some of them might be too young to get a regular job at McDonald’s. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is sixty-seven and has been on the job longer than anyone—two years—enough to rate her a mention in the newsletter published by corporate headquarters. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the government’s job to take care of people who can take care of themselves?!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“If someone is a janitor, that’s noble, it’s a respectable job. But they should make sure their kids grow up to own a cleaning business.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Every job of work undone, every bill unpaid, every illness, every death was The Man’s fault. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a job in the tailor shop,” I said, sniffling. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It was just doing its job! Besides, it was a celestial guard whale shark,” Mini pointed out. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to live in the same house forever, work the same job, and never claim any space for myself, but I did want the year-to-year, decade-to-decade steadiness they had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then he must dress hurriedly and get to his job on time. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They had the 173rd hopping all over the place, and they were really doing a job, from what we heard. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the previous decade he had been let go from jobs at Harvard and the National Forest Service and eventually, for want of a better place to stick him, given a desk at the U.S. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait until I see if I can take one from the job. I think I saw some when I was going through the closets yesterday.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

When they needed more computing power, engineers trusted Dorothy to staff the right person for the job, often hoping that she was at the top of her own list. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Meanwhile, it is not your job to worry about this. It will all work itself out, okay? Your sole focus should be getting back into life.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But in fact, since the beginning of America, white people have been getting jobs because they are white. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Most burglars, I knew, were caught not on the job, but trying to dispose of the loot. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In space, with no gravity, there is no “up” or “down” for the heart, and when it pumps, it has an easier job, having only to overcome the resistance of the veins and arteries. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eight hours on the job and straight out of the neighborhood. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In mid-February, Judge Alschuler provided a bright moment for those who had the good fortune to be holding jobs in the packinghouses. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking of putting the boy on the list now, so maybe by the time he becomes a man he can be up for a job.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She’d done such a calculated job of using her aircraft as a battering ram that she was still able to use her flight controls afterward. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I mean, he may not want to. He may get bored. He’s talked about leaving before. There’s no reason he’s got to be here, and he’s surely never going to have a job.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

With a job like that, you could go home with your peace of mind intact. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know how much that job meant to you. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Holler if you need me,” he said and winked at me as if to say he knew I could take care of myself, that this was just a part of my job. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had been doing a pretty good job at keeping it together, but seeing my father standing there waiting for us broke her. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Now that Eric was working—and his job at Andersen was actually a little livelier than Jesse’s, with more young people around—-he was still feeling bleak, it seemed. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ergo, I either need to find a husband, like Melissa, or a second job, like some of my other coworkers. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I got to work. I sure got to keep my job. I sure have to stay on with Mrs. Kelly and get my pay ever week.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But other aspects of her job continued to be dangerous, and sometimes the peril came from an unexpected direction. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You are doing a fine job,” he said again, appreciatively. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the service, I do my regular job collecting the hymnals from the choir rows. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When I went into the movie theater last summer for a job application, I pretended to be surprised that Hannah worked there. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I want to give your Mom her job back, with a nice raise, too.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And Dad was still waiting to find out if he got the job or not. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Dad takes over the candy bowl job and stands at the door. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Once he got to Chicago, he grasped another elemental lesson: All geek jobs aren’t alike. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm leaving early in order to take a job." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets a job in the gas works in Coventry shoveling coal into the furnaces like Uncle Pa Keating, shoveling coal and waiting for the day he can go to America after me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She discovered that freedom meant more than the right to change jobs at will, more than the right to keep the money that one earned. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the photos did not sell—a project Mia did with skeletal leaves sold only one, and for several months she took up a series of odd jobs: housecleaning, flower arranging, cake decorating. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She provided the safe space of a reading room on the first floor, low-rent lodging upstairs, and an employment bureau to provide leads on jobs. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She found a job in a florist’s shop, leaving Lefty and Desdemona to assume the mortgage on the house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I—I can picture it....You’re doing a good job telling the story.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure whether he landed the mascot job in the end, though he did ultimately become a doctor, evidently a very good one, and married another Princeton classmate of ours. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In return, Guiteau expected to be rewarded with a political job when Garfield won the election. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The pay was better than most jobs that they would find. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But still, I found it presumptuous that another woman would tell me I was wrong to want to keep my kids in school and remain in my job. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

So my mother took me to a doctor whose job it was to figure out how smart I was. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I went to the paper on Friday and quit the Miss Myrna job.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As if this weren’t miraculous enough, she also found two other washing jobs the same week. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And lifting water is just one of the many jobs that the phloem, xylem, and cambium perform. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer hoped to land a job at Schweitzer. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

One Irishman observed bitterly: “The colleens who found jobs in the kitchens of the wealthy were called ‘pot-wallopers,’ ‘biddies,’ and kitchen canaries. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They were given the new job, as custodians of our peace of mind, the focus of our understandable and rightful dread of being inferior; official censors, judges, and executors. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ask you to provide my husband and I with jobs.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I been on the job too long, Jax. These old bones need an extended vacation.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Even my father said, “Will the government give you a job when you’re finished with school?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not now, Do! This is our job! Our dharma! Our duty!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Besides, our first job was to find Grover and whoever had come ashore in that lifeboat—assuming they’d gotten past the sheep. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since he had become their provider and their leader it had been their job to turn the loot into money while he took care of the stealing. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

From that day forward, I never forgot about how Grandma had to lock us in that pantry to save her job and how awful that had made us feel. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I tell him to take the job and understand it’s a first step to bringing about significant change. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, without a high school diploma or job training— and with a criminal record—Wes found it almost impossible to find a job to support his growing family. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Nancy thought, An angry monkey is like a flying pit bull terrier with five prehensile limbs—these critters can do a job on you. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s married to her job. She hasn’t been able to take a vacation in years.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“A job I do not want? On the contrary, Dumbledore, I want it very much.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

History would prove them all right: there was no one better qualified for the job than Dorothy Vaughan. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

A girl next to me starts getting undressed, and I do a good job of not noticing her pretty panties with lace and her tiny bra with lots of little hearts. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I watch her from the open door, her small body hooked up to large machines that do the job of breathing for her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later, he accepted a job at Stanford, where he served until the end of his life in 2007. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"Mother certainly seems to be doing an excellent job of reigning." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the people who have been in the Slammer end up quitting their jobs and leaving the Institute altogether. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our sponsors will also show us how to buy food from grocery stores, visit doctors and dentists, buy clothes, go to the bank, learn to drive, and find a job. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd trained for this for years, and he did his job extraordinarily well. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am sent into the freezer to do inventory for the second big job next week. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy says my dad had two jobs at sixteen and still pursued rapping. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I worked for a living and each day I did the best job that I could. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two periods later is social studies, and Ms. Rochambeau is coming around to collect an essay that’s due—that I’ve yet again done a wonderful job of not doing. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

At nine minutes they, too, had finished their job and were discarded, and we were left with the single engine of the third stage to see us safely into orbit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stripping pods is a precise and meticulous job that might be suited to pedantic dentists or finicky spice experts, but it’s a horror for an impatient teenager like me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

You’d wonder what the English are thinking about when they take a man that has the consumption and give him a job making sandwiches. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Now, however, he was wearing the strangest assortment of garments Harry had ever seen; he had done an even worse job of dressing himself than the wizards at the World Cup. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The ten young Norwegians gathered in a nearby cabin to review the job ahead. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of his jobs at the zoo was to run errands for Baaz, so he always had news first. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ve stopped thinking about it. I don’t have time to have a girlfriend. I have like a full-time job Learning How to Be Blind.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Why,” said Leafie, “you can be the supervisor. Most important job of all.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Malaria, starvation, Indian attacks, and vicious bites from piranhas, snakes, and insects were all part of the job. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The position was offered at the last minute, when the scheduled professor found a better-paying job delivering pizza. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

There were other roomers, who had jobs, and I knew she received help from relatives; still there was no mistake, Mary loved a variety of food and this concentration upon cabbage was no accident. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

With complete control of the country in his hands, Hitler began persecuting German Jews, stripping them of their legal rights, kicking them out of universities and government jobs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “This is a job for a white man with the right training.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nose jobs are a common practice among Iranians. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And then a whiff of hairspray, from a young, sour-faced woman pushing by, reminded him of the job to be done. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I stole them and sold them, I would have enough to tide me over in Memphis until I could get a job, work, save, and go north. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His job was to clean up after the Republic's soldiers, so he was usually gone, and Mom was left to raise us boys on her own. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But here we were in real life, and for all of my smarts and skills I couldn’t think of one single way to get what I wanted, a good job in corporate America. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

However, months would go by, with no job in sight for my mother, and I would continue without school paraphernalia. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went back to Tokyo and asked the German Consulate for different jobs. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

After the Titan War last summer, she’d gotten her dream job of redesigning the palaces of Mount Olympus. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Married women don’t have jobs; we know this from our own mothers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My job was to keep the supplies mo\\ing but once things got settled I could just stand and watch the game. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not think she was doing a good job of letting the seed die. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Papa took me down to get a job. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, there is one way you can keep your job.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Servants rushed in from all over to put out the flames, and they did a good enough job, considering that everything in the room was flying this way, that way, fans and scarves and hats. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The true level of poverty among North Carolina whites during the 1960s was extreme: nearly half of the manufacturing jobs in the state were in textiles, one of the lowest-paid segments of the industry. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The whole system’s gone to pot. Masks everywhere, grown men threatening children—” “I’m only doing my job,” said the conductor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

In middle age I was assured that greater age would calm my fever and now that I am fifty-eight perhaps senility will do the job. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was my job to keep her there, usually, with one eye always on the lookout for her to fall out of a tree and crack her head wide open. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rainy days were days off; sunny days it was back on the job. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a job as a tarpaulin salesman, but he was miserable. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I have a desk job. All I do is talk to people.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“This job is so much better than cashiering in the grocery store.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It is a big job and then tell you what. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“He’s had a rough first day on the job, and Jax still has a lot to learn, but I trust him and I’ll need his help to set things right.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He applied for many jobs but nobody would hire him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but he ain’t answer. But what he did tell me was that he used to be a shooter, back when he could see. Like, that was his job,” Genie added. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He used to work on the docks, back before he realized he could make more money taking “odd jobs,” as he calls them, on the roads between Baltimore and the outer settlements. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Your job is to get me the ball. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t an irrational thought, for there was no profession in the state of Texas with worse job security than that of high school football coach. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A matter of hardware, the plastic explosives and land mines one needs to do the job. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That he seemed incapable of buttoning up his shirt, knotting his tie and tying his shoelaces before presenting himself for a job interview. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theo is good at his job, but it’s terrifically frustrating for him right now. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But sometimes blacks would win the job with an offer to do the work for lower wages, leaving the immigrants resentful and hostile. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t be going out there on your own. That’s my job.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My job was to hold these glass tubes over fre and stretch them into test tubes. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was her job to make sure no one got out of fourth grade without lightning-fast multiplication skills. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As if all of these people had gathered together to make my job easy. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“She’s been eating all that bread at that stupid job you got her. She’s not supposed to eat any of that stuff. Idiot.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Petra’s dad changed departments that winter and was much happier with his new job. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I have the job and Mr. Hannon tells me I’m powerful. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A sudden yelp told her she had done her job. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I have a job proposition for you that may get your mind off your troubles. It involves money.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Which usually gets my dad muttering about how hard it is to job hunt in Georgia while living in New York. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They had an awful job getting her into the plane, and they were wringing wet. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

During a long strike by the schoolteachers when I was a high school senior, I found a job in one of the area’s small steel plants. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Despite their victory at the polls, blacks continued to lose jobs to returning white veterans. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She would go into Lansing and find different jobs—in housework, or sewing—for white people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

If during the next eight days, everything worked as advertised, then our job would be fairly simple. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it will work out. Looking at you, I can tell you’re not going to let any doors shut in your face. Listen, do you have a summer job, an internship, something like that?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"The job was too much. We needed everyone." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

That why he worked so many odd jobs—shoe shiner during the day, busboy at one of the local bars at night, and even a janitor at Mount Carmel. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The crew scattered to their jobs, running to release the lines on the ship and raise the anchors. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Since, you know, we wouldn’t have this dog-walking job if it wasn’t for you.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Was it my mother’s job in life to embarrass the heck out of me? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She said, when I told her about the train job, that she’d get away eveiy night I got back into Boston, and this would mean every other night, if I got the run I wanted. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Emily was five, they lived in New York and her dad was laid off from his job at a publishing company. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It’s like we’re working a part-time job—because life isn’t full-time. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rode my little mower over to Arnold’s to check the notebooks to see where the jobs were. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

They seemed to view their job as mostly to listen and bolster us as needed inside the four walls of our home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A black person and a woman both, but also just Lieutenant Uhura, the most qualified person for the job. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Viola’s job was to cook the mountains of food; SanJuanna’s was to keep it coming. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“You can’t do this. Please. You can keep this week’s pay, just let me keep my job. I need it. My family needs it. They’ll starve without me. I’m sorry.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As for him, he’ll keep his job in publishing and just commute. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s job is something confusing with computers and universities. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I kept ‘ ‘cased’ ’ in my head vulnerable places and situations and I would perform the next job only when my bankroll in my pocket began to get too low. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Guess it’s time to quit the job I never did today. Time for dinner, too.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Max Planck was turning the physics world on its head, Albert Einstein was scrambling for a job. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“So does that mean you don’t care about the people you hurt when you run those jobs?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I told none of the white men on the job that I was planning to go north; I knew that the moment they felt I was thinking of the North they would change toward me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing I might not have a job after Christmas gnaws at my stomach. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If you become so excited about your new vice president job that you drive home at eighty mph, you get pulled over by the police and fined $ 100. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

If his job was the dead-end tip of a bull’s horn, the city was the bull. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

If her father saw him here with her now, his job would be over. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then again, since Uncle Jet hadn’t had a job, he probably didn’t have minutes for his phone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The government generally treated Coloureds slightly better by giving them better jobs, better housing and better education than blacks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I applied for a job at school and was told there were none available but was also given the address of the New York State employment service. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted a do-over so I could do a better job expressing how thankful I was. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ashamed that in spite of his good job Salvador had given her less than before, Lupita lied, “Sí, it is the same.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Look at it there, a good job, an almost perfect imitation that seemed alive . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew my family would be happy to know I had a bank job. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people with his job have graduated from college. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Whoever took care of it did a pretty rough job.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They move to Florida, where a cousin of Lourdes’s boyfriend gets everyone painting jobs. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

They were paid less than men doing the same job and received no benefits or pension; if one of their pilots was killed in flight, her companions chipped in to pay for the funeral themselves. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It might have been a straightforward job if the deceased had been anyone else, but he was in fact an incredibly controversial character named Girolamo Savonarola. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

At first she thought he had a very important job, for he would be gone for days, often weeks, and be very tired and angry when he came home. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Mom working so much after he lost his job, he was trying his best, but I sure missed Mom’s cooking. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

No matter how noble the ideal, some people had better jobs or nicer apartments whether or not they had earned them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Next loomed the problem of leaving my job cleanly, smoothly, without arguments or scenes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ernest “dismissed our doubts with a wave of his hand. There were technical problems that had to be solved, he said, but the tube was certain to do the job.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

We’re supposed to be done at about 3:30 every day, which will leave plenty of time for job hunting on weekday afternoons. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You would be a lot better off, Miss Honey," she said, "if you gave up your job and drew unemployment money." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

But through all those days she held down the job. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sea anchors did their job well—in fact, nearly too well. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Polokov has taken a job with the city as a trash collector, a scavenger.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

On Saturdays, he has a second job fumigating apartments in Spanish Harlem. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She takes the empty glass and pats Grandpa on the head, saying, “Good job!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I need a real job, not just work around the house. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just doing my job. Stop glaring at me.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His team’s job is to break up the black markets that have sent prices soaring. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were whole police squads whose only job was to go around peeking through windows—clearly an assignment for only the finest law enforcement officers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

After all, it wasn’t her fault that a young boys first and only welding job had been to make her a gate with her family name, Redizon, at the top. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She emailed birthday cards, would argue with waiters over wine, and still had a job. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Inexplicably, Hassan loves it here, and also we seem to have gotten jobs.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s a place like this, basically, except you have to hold a job,” Bobby explains. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was paid well because he was good at his job. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He was elected, the rest were county employees whose job status was not reliant on elections. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

This time I was thankful for the job. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He said we all did a fine job presenting our subject and making our arguments. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I kept telling her what an awesome job she was doing, and she was, but if anything, the storm kept getting worse. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Even though our team had exchanged email addresses during camp, Dad was hogging the laptop for his job search. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It’s a civilian job, he told her, but attached to Langley Field, in Hampton. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

At the top, members of the core class could obtain jobs in government, the Korean Workers’ Party, officer ranks of the military, and the intelligence services. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

That skill got her jobs typing envelopes in letter shops, and it encouraged in her an optimism about the possibility of advancement. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a year on the job, she quit. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Virtually every southern state was infested with Aedes aegypti, these experts pointed out, but funds would run out before the job of eradicating the mosquitoes was half completed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore had passed the job of destroying them to him, and obediently he had continued to chip away at the bonds tying not only Voldemort, but himself, to life! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She went from store to store in town, looking for a job, a new apartment away from the college and ways to disappear. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Keeth had a demanding, full-time job and wasn’t even at the foundation that much, but he was kind enough to give me his cell number and make time despite his busy schedule. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The other allowed himself a leer, which, for a scientist past fifty, was not a bad job, “Maybe she’s in love.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Then they scoured my head clean and tied up my hair in ringlets with cotton rags that stuck out all over like a frightful job of bandaging. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Harry, unable to find the job they had come to Seattle seeking, went on the public dole. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After a month, my dad got a part-time job at a hardware store. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The job at North High was not going to be offered to a court jester. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But, then, Durham had been one surprise after another ever since the twenty-four-year-old Fuller had arrived on the evening of May 3, eager to begin his job as a community organizer. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In vetting him for the job, his trainer neglected to look at his sister, a local basketball phenom. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children caught playing on the job got a whipping from the supervisor. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re doing a great job, son, but no more sneaking around at night—especially with your sister. You hear me?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

So Humason took odd jobs at the observatory—electrician’s assistant, janitor, swabbing the floors of the telescope he had helped to build. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I did a horrible job!” she said, laughing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Chico was coming in from his night job to sleep on our couch. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Only hours earlier, my da had come in from his job at the bar and changed his clothes, as he always did after work, shedding rank smells with each layer. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was a demanding job, and lonely, but the rewards were handsome if you survived to enjoy them. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

After several months of doing day work, she took a steady job in the home of a family of slender means and nervous, pretentious ways. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard, the father and one or two small children began the herculean job of waking Dad. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a job that had its rewards, too. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Railroad Tommy had given him a janitor’s job to save him from the poorhouse, workhouse, or nuthouse, one. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone even told me that they could picture me taking over Secretary Riley’s job. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Some people reckon —” Harry hesitated, then plunged recklessly on, “some people reckon he’d do anything to get the Defense Against the Dark Arts job.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Abigail had wagered her reputation, her job, and perhaps her overall career on a hunch. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You woke up once, but you fell back asleep. Dr. Han said the painkillers would knock you out, so I guess they did the job.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He was in his final semester at Harvard and caught up in his Law Review work but would soon head back my way to take the Illinois bar and look for a job. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I told the woman for whom I was working, a Mrs. Bibbs, that I needed an allday job that would pay me enough money to buy clothes and books for the next school term. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the one thing she always said about her job was, “I can’t let these kids live in a fantasy land.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

After attending church that Sunday, Franz decided to talk to Alex “about how he was living. Somebody needed to con-vince him to get an education and a job and make something of his life.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some top-ranked managers went out of their way to keep the most productive women on the job by giving them the flexibility they needed to take care of their families. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

After a year at Oxford, I went back to London and an absolutely fascinating job. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m just doing my job,” she would say, implying and I’m assuming that you are, too. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

You got yourself a new job with a 5 doller raise. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pearl was always so proud that one of her sisters married a man with a good job who bought her a house in Queens. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that I would go to high school with him, see him get his first job, and grow old with him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The worst part of the job was jostling with other kids who were desperate like me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But it seemed that to Dumbledore, the fact that their families lay side by side in the same graveyard had been an unimportant coincidence, irrelevant, perhaps, to the job he wanted Harry to do. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was almost a hundred-mile journey, but there was the promise of a potential job in Berlin. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I thought it was a good job, and I suspected the judges would think so too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The other four men were taken to London to prepare for the job. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worked in a Wall Street mailroom and finally found a job in the post office from which I was fired because I could no longer stand the stultifying work. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Dorothy’s own sister-in-law had moved to Washington to take a job in the War Department. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

At least once a week since I took the job, she brings this up. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They were younger, coarser men who enforced every niggling regulation, whose job was to harass and demoralize us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was no easy job for Stuart, as he had to crouch down between the felt hammers so that he wouldn’t get hit on the head. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Of my fellow servers, everyone who lacks a working husband or boyfriend seems to have a second job: Nita does something at a computer eight hours a day; another welds. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Off goes Etienne, content to believe that someone is on the job. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“As soon as I got to college, I found a part-time job and saved up all my money for new clothes. I bought magazines to teach myself to do my makeup.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He doesn't have a job or nothing like that. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

But she nonetheless felt “very, very fortunate” to have lucked into a job that paid her three times her salary as a teacher. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Rahel gave up her job at the gas station and left America gladly. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

You upset, but you figure you’ll find another job, when things settle down, when the white lady get around to forgetting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They had been living this kind of life for seventeen years now, ever since Gaines had gotten his first coaching job in Fort Stockton, and over time Sharon had built up a certain immunity. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What a pity! You take him, Silver. I won’t deprive you. Make a good job of it while you’re at it.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the only option Arturo’s new job had given us, though, and I told myself we were lucky to have it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“After you send your print job to the printer named Library Copier...” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She never asked him about the patients who came to the doctor's office, or said that his job was a big responsibility. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

No, I didn’t want a part-time job in the garment center. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

If you want the job come here on Thursday and Friday nights, and bring your own paper and envelopes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

To which my mom, the receiver still in her hand, the coiled cord stretched across the room, said, “We could afford them if you would let me get a job.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“But I admit it, this is a letdown. Long commute, dull job, no social life.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Lanier, however, lost his job when the Methodists took up the mortgage on his church. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A handful of men had jobs building tracks for the steam railway that skirted the village. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

"Out this second, young man, and let us do our jobs." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Unable to find a job, he placed his portion in storage and left for Minneapolis, where he found work in a drugstore. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Then you can get the job,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He started out doing odd jobs, working a sewing machine, things like that,” remembers Bill Atkinson, now an accomplished climber and guide, who also worked at Alp Sports at the time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

During a visit to Andre’s sport shop to have my racket strung, I told him that I was looking for a job. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not to worry—I have an address, two jobs, and a Rent-A-Wreck. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could get a job dealing faro in Reno—regular hours and no dames. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a minute she had been scared they would try to corner her into taking the job. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"My dad is the boss tonight. My mom is the sous chef. Our job is to stay out of their way." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even in second-tier glamour industries like publishing, advertising, and media, swarms of bright young people throw themselves at grunt jobs that pay poorly and demand unstinting devotion. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“After the tragedy, I said, ‘Mabel, now that you’re out of a job, why don’t you come give me a hand at the cafe. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I knew was that my parents were at work, and it was my job to give her some pills. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had my old permits with me, a little altered to fit the new job. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Paul had once told me about how the city’s demographics had changed over the last thirty years, and why that mattered for his job. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Now, you have all done a great job this past year respecting Mr. Beiderman and his need for privacy and quiet,” he said. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the morning I reported to my job at the Dewey Library, a beige fortlike building by Memorial Drive. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Want to see my talent? Cinna did a great job on it.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

So why couldn’t she just do her job and spare him her moods? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She had not given up just because she had curtsied to the white lady who screamed at her about her job. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And so, if taking care of Daffodil Manor was Ophie’s job, maybe it was up to her to help the ghosts there to pass on? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But this time there was no elaborate praise and his tone of voice indicated that Mother merely had done the sort of competent job that one might expect from a competent woman. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t really understand her job, but from what I can tell, whenever something goes wrong at the bank, she fixes it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be my job to make sure that Jet is around.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Gut instinct tells me I should keep my pending job opportunity to myself. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But she would: The job was a bit of a sinecure after all; he would not have been offered it in the first place if the editor were not an old friend of hers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I hear you've been looking for a job,” said Coach Reed. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“We do need to do a better job of communicating,” she says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“I do. It’s not your job to educate the ignorant.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I realize it’s my job to be the optimist here—which isn’t a role I’m used to, but in difficult times, you gotta be flexible. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My mother goes off to hunt online for jobs, she says, but I find her half an hour later doing nothing, with a screen floating in front of her, motionless. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But if a black man can’t find a job to take care of himself—he is ashamed that he can’t take care of his children. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He knew he needed to do a better job of navigating the world, but he didn’t know how. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Then I got jobs to do shrub trimming and pool cleanup and sidewalk edging and garage cleaning, and there were more and more people working away. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

It was the artist's duty to find the appropriate objects, and the audience's job to decipher meaning. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My first job was picking apples, which was somewhat more useful than hanging around on the outskirts of the Piper Appreciation Society. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a cumbersome way of doing business, but it got the job done and went far beyond what Archimedes needed to solve his thought experiment. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Good. My neighbor said you would do a good job.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And looking back at the letters, they didn’t even do that good of a job on that. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I come to see about the job, sir,” he said as Grandpa unlocked the big door. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The summer between his sophomore and junior years Chris again returned to Annandale and took a job delivering pizzas for Domino’s. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scrimgeour’s representatives admitted that he had met with Dumbledore at once upon taking possession of the top job, but refused to comment on the topics under discussion. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Nigro couldn’t take time off from his teaching schedule to accompany him, nor could Regina leave her job and studies, especially since she’d been home ill with a chronic lung problem for three weeks. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a soft job for him, running little errands, doing little favors, and there’s no way he’d want to jeopardize it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

OK, “hepatic” equals “liver.’The liver’s job is to filter the blood. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olga must have done a good job washing them in secret because, if Amá had found them in the laundry, she would have flipped the hell out. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Now that she had, I really wanted to find a job, not just to keep busy, but also to try to help him out with the bills. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Me, I try an American when I come, to marry. But he bring many problems, no job, and every day he say give me money, money, money,” Aisha said, shaking her head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My plan had been to add a weekend job, which I have been tentatively offered at a Rainbow supermarket near the apartment where I originally stayed, at close to $8 an hour. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been one of the first and done a good, steady job. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, we have different teeth for different jobs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“No wonder this job is given to Eskimo men and boys.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was almost glad for the job of keeping the Doors closed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I said I hoped I could find jobs babysitting. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so maybe you could get a job?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Yet there he stood watching anyway, as if, lacking water, his job now was to bear witness. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

One by one, the other students chose their jobs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a year-round job,” Mama said, looking at Papa. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He asked the general whose job it was to schedule the deployment of troops if the president had changed his mind. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care if anybody knew I was trying to get a job, but at the same time, I didn’t want everybody in my business. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He loses it because he goes to the pubs on the third Friday of the job, drinks all his wages and misses the half day of work on Saturday morning. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Yet as more and more women followed in Elizebeth’s footsteps, taking jobs in intelligence, technical analysis, and law enforcement, she began to be remembered more often. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The job completed, I stepped back and inspected her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their educational attainments were noted, marriages followed, illnesses tabulated, psychological health charted, and every promotion and job change dutifully recorded. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

My wages were fifteen dollars a week; the hours were long, but I ate my meals on the job. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But above all each of them wanted to keep his good job there as long as possible, and this he could do only by being strict with the recruits. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dasch believed the job was beneath him, so he never told his mother that he worked as a waiter in America. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Brittany here was the main organizer we worked with for this event, and she couldn’t have done a better job getting us this amazing turnout!” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mom made it seem like this move was no big deal because we’d be back when her new job contract expired. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

To her horror, she discovered that Fabyan had been going through her mail, making sure she didn’t receive any job offers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“No. I wanted you to know how special you are. “Special or not, you shouldn’t have risked your job for me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes, thanks. We really need a job,” I said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Like him, she had already gone through a simulation of the job in front of her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

But he now needed a pass before he could begin canvassing for a job in the white world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not telling you how to do your job,” said Mr. Jacobs with a sigh. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lelia had already left the apartment for a freelance job, though she’d clipped a note to the front page of the paper: You don’t have to go. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite their heroism, the 586th was never on the front lines, as were the two other regiments associated with Marina Raskova—the 586th’s job was always to protect the Soviet forces at the rear. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Their literature asks how many of John Kwang’s money club members have stolen their jobs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shaking herself like a dog, Winifred panted, “Look what I found half-sunk in the water over there. It’s a good job the rushes held him up.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I also learned later that he always did the job he was about to do with us new students because he had convinced himself that he understood our language. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam herself could get a job in an English factory making bombs or something and God knows we wouldn’t know ourselves with the money pouring in. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay, we never use it. Listen, don't worry about any of this—that’s my job.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He claims that he cares for his precious son, but he doesn’t try to get a job and make sure his son has food in his stomach or clean clothes on his back. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I always say, you’ve got to have faith. This job upset is a flash in time. If you just believe, it’ll all work out in the end.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I came in a few months ago trying to find a job.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Look, at least you don’t have their jobs.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ambulance takes Mr. Hannon away and my big job is gone. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

As advances in medicine and disease prevention have increased life expectancy in the United States, the benefits have disproportionately gone to people with education, money, good jobs, and connections. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“My dream job? Working for the National Enquirer, doing computer graphics, you know, putting somebody else’s body with Hillary Clinton’s head.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supervising a construction job was a large responsibility, and every morning brought new obstacles and headaches. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listening to quiet, miserable voices is in his job description. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

"That's exactly why we want you. You've become identified with that controversy and it's our job to bring such subjects to the eyes of our readers." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was fat and it was hard for him to get a job because he use to paint pepuls houses and he got very slow going up and down the ladder. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"You did a good job altering the wedding dress, Baba," Turtle said, which made the dressmaker cry even harder. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have no more jobs to do, and no more nature to defeat. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The work was tough, especially for black men, who got the jobs white men wouldn’t touch. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She started talking about how she was doing on her job but Grandma wanted to talk about what she had seen on television. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Newspapers were strewn on the floor, job listings circled in ink. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I would find a house, get the girls comfortable and adjusted in their new schools, find a job, rejoin my church, and begin where I had left off back in 1971. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to quickly wrap up my work and prepare for the seven weeks away from home—and possibly much more, if I decided to stick with the job and work in a prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know about that,” Nixon said of the Ellsberg job, “and it is so involved with national security that I don’t want it opened up. Keep the hell out of it!” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The supervisor said, “Well, right now, we don’t have anybody with the training for this job.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uhmma asks carefully, If it is not for a job, could you not wait until after we get back? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

One of the hospital administrators got him a job as a maintenance man at an upstate resort, room and board included. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I can think of no person in all the world right now with a harder job.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Guess what, Sunshine? I have a good job and a nice house. I’m living with a lady named Babette, and she has a son whose name is Drew.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The pay wasn’t always great, but in that case I could work two jobs. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But while he waited for his promotion, he kept the job of principal at Camillo Junior High and tested out his dictator-of-a-small-country techniques on us. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I knew all this about range hogs, and plenty more; yet I still wasn’t bothered about the job facing me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Man in the White Shirt stepped back to let her do her job. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Last summer, I got a job at McDonald’s instead of volunteering at New York Methodist hospital like I used to. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Their job is to ride the yard’s dusty streets, spotting sick animals and bringing them into Poky’s three “hospitals” for treatment. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Others were educated for jobs in the Nut or funneled into the ranks of Peacekeepers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“They got a tool you use. Or you can use your hand. Whatever. It don’t matter. It’s good money, man! You want the job or not?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then she scraped up a babysitting job. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I’m waiting for someone to take the point position when I remember that’s my job now. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“So you are trying to irritate me to death? Since Tyler’s van didn’t do the job?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And as of some point today, something put us out of a job.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Since we didn’t know when Mama would come home, we all started the jobs she usually did. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the crew had a specific job with carefully delineated responsibilities. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Kaz would tell her to just put the gloves on, to do whatever it took to get the job done. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He had recently quit a part-time job serving beer in a Seoul pub. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I hated that Dad was so miserable since he’d lost his job. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Your nose is so red and runny looking. At least my nose isn’t red. I’ve heard people say you could get a job leading reindeer,” Mary Anne said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be our job to remember the parts we got wrong and make it better for our children and grandchildren. Embrace our differences, and still find a way to make peace.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, tons of people come in there looking for jobs. You know, the whole rumor about them paying well?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Unlike white professional boxers, African professional boxers had full-time day jobs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did the best job I was able to do with a penknife. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he wanted to help Evy by pulling the wagon clear of the unconscious man or maybe he wanted to finish the job by rolling the wagon over him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hated the white teachers because we knew they hated their jobs. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It was just comin’ on when I got in from my job at Burger King. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another, but over and over, with a collective sigh, the company was dragged back to its apparent fate, congratulating Old Chao on having received a tenure-track job offer just that afternoon. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farther south were the strawberry fields, the armory, and the four-story Big House with its sky blue paint job and its bronze eagle weathervane. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

That wasn't Ms. Lane's job, to bring that up. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You did hear me say someone’s job was on the line for that book? A man could be fired if he doesn’t have it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want it to go back to normal. I want it to stay busy. You realize if the park closes down, my parents lose their jobs, and we probably have to move again.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If we told the story and they found out who they were chasing, they might come after us to finish the job. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was going to live with the other girl and have a job. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Some of them wore the uniforms of the jobs they’d had too: policemen, postmen, nurses, trolley conductors. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing that his job was essential to his self-respect, she did everything she could to help him keep it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I might find a job that paid more than being lifeguard, and I was one of two people picked, out of 150, to represent the Freedom Writers at an award banquet. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When he whispers in my ear, "Nice job, sweetheart," it doesn't sound sarcastic. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In Williamsburg, it was the custom to treat the movers to a pint of beer when they had completed their job. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder, Waiting in the street for a job to come. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

If we were stuck in gridlock, my mom would turn the car off and it was my job to get out and push it forward six inches at a time. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He had lined up a job with Seabrook Farms in New Jersey, a new frozen-food enterprise that offered work to many Nisei at the end of the war. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. It’s horrible. I asked Emilia why she couldn’t have real children, and she said they couldn’t be depended on to do the job right.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Milton’s job—luckily so far only in maneuvers—to lower the landing craft off the side of the transport ship. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He had a job he had to keep because he was the breadwinner in the household. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The Big Friendly Giant followed behind them, but he had an awful job getting through the door. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was ready to be assigned to a permanent job inside the camp. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s for my job. Remember? At the funeral home. Where I touch dead people,” I said, pretending like I was going to touch him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

This effort would, in turn, create more jobs. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

They was white, though, and Mr. McKenzie could get a job in town; I think it was down at the stables. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, in 2001, when Kaiser closed, McClellan discovered that the job market did not value his factory skills nearly as much as it did four years of college. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“But,” said Harry, frowning, “it seems mad... Risking everything, throwing away his job, just for those...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“We are here because we are doing a great job for the country,” he said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was cowardly and dangerous, and obviously very good at his job. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to be home when Richie and I finished school every afternoon, and she wound up getting a job as an elementary school teacher in Central Bucks School District in the neighboring county. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Each dawn, when residents head out for their jobs, they worry. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was his job to win it, no matter what. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

And he didn’t tell them that people in the Alle-Kiski Valley might try to kill them for taking their jobs. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

I was so excited about Roberto’s new job that it was difficult to focus. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“As far as finishing and doing an elegant job . . . that wasn’t Oppie’s style.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Chris has always done the real job, the finishing,” Daddy said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

My job is to be the lookout and warn Max if I see anyone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Including...” she says thoughtfully, “a job on a presidential reelection campaign, maybe.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s better for us to do a good job rather than rush this,” Hena says. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Another woman in Dorothy’s situation might have seen taking the laundry job as unthinkable, regardless of the economics. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She says, “We have to try to understand how hard his job is. He has to piece together a story. But he also has to prove it.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

My parsimonious father doesn’t understand that a senior in high school shouldn’t have a full-time job. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She says, What time do you have to be at that job? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I dont know any work but the job I use to do at the bakery. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

After Mom died, he had to find a steady job so he could take care of me. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes. They both grew up here, and this was her television set. When Edith got her first job, Theo said she went out and spent her entire first paycheck on this thing.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Grandma showed up on my birthday six weeks ago with Grandpa’s old riding mower. I’ve taken on, oh, a few yard jobs since then.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Willie tried to enlist in the army and was turned down; whereupon he threw up his job with the milk company, came home, announced that he was a failure, and went to bed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he had heard it said that black people, even though they could not get good jobs, paid twice as much rent as whites for the same kind of flats. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boy from District 3 has done his job too well. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

If you did your job so that you never met any of your victims, it first lessened your chances of having to attack or perhaps kill someone. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not that. Your other job. As an interpreter.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I could get a job,” Mom offers gingerly. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone holding the job was hopelessly compromised as any sort of moral example. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’ll be my job,” Leo said, hating his own plan already. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z