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• Some users have even managed to earn a living through the app.
  — Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
• The trick was to figure out how to earn a living being an artist.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Oct. 2023
• Today, 74% of young adults in North Texas don’t earn a living wage.
  — United Way Of Metropolitan Dallas, Dallas News, 1 May 2023
• Today, 74% of young adults in North Texas don’t earn a living wage.
  — United Way Of Metropolitan Dallas, Dallas News, 1 May 2023
• People who have lost homes and loved ones in the earthquake must now worry about how to earn a living.
  — Benjamin Soloway, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• Many graffiti artists would love to earn a living from their work.
  — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• The ocean was a considered a place to earn a living by catching fish, not studying them.
  — Christina Barron, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
• There are people trying to figure out how to earn a living.
  — Terence McGinley, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• His plan was to teach, but the job market had cratered, forcing him to return to his first love — locksmithing — to earn a living.
  — oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2021
• The benefit is not just to the tourist, but to residents who often can earn a living from tourism.
  — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
• Her mother was poorly paid and struggled to earn a living wage.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
• Pierre said even though the cruise ship tourists didn’t come to the city itself, there are a lot of vendors who depend on cruises to earn a living.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
• All workers now earn a living wage that starts at $20 an hour, according to the agency.
  — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2021
• When prices are low, these measures help protect farmers, most of whom do not earn a living wage in Ghana.
  — thehustle.co, 12 Apr. 2024
• To take away someone’s ability to earn a living seemed evil.
  — Akhil Sharma, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
• Day care needs to be affordable so these mothers can earn a living.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2024
• It’s become more difficult to earn a living as an artist.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2022
• Lost Dog Street Band was born out of freedom: the idea that an artist with a guitar can go anywhere, at anytime, and earn a living singing their songs.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2022
• No one should be put in unsafe circumstances while trying to earn a living.
  — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
• Oil and gas execs are hoarding their bonuses and profits on the backs of working people who have to drive to earn a living despite the price at the pump.
  — Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
• Oil and gas execs are hoarding their bonuses and profits on the backs of working people who have to drive to earn a living despite the price at the pump.
  — Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
• With factories and companies shut down for months, none of the daily wage labourers had any means to earn a living.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• His father struggled to earn a living as a soccer player, so Pelé grew up in poverty.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2022
• What’s next is finding a way to earn a living — paying bills and student loans, setting aside some for savings and some for fun — and having a life.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 13 July 2022
• The changes that have happened in the last 10 years have pulled the rug out from writers’ ability to earn a living or to get through the lean periods with residuals.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
• To earn a living, many local residents collect and sell coal from the Jharia coalfield in Dhanbad.
  — Time, 12 Jan. 2023
• Some farmers who fled the drought in the south are now trying to earn a living in the capital collecting scrap metal and forging steel.
  — Lynsey Chutel Joao Silva, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
• Many returnees will need housing, psychosocial support and a way to earn a living.
  — Jasmine Aguilera, Time, 4 Oct. 2021
• Over the years, Enoe has staunchly refused to give up his craft (even while moonlighting at modern shipyards to earn a living).
  — Zuzana Prochazka, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2022
• Freedom of choice in how to live requires protecting basic freedoms such as those listed in the first amendment e.g., freedom of speech and freedom of religion, as well as the freedom to own property and earn a living.
  — Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024