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• At the end of the day, the vendor's got to make a living too.
  — Alexis Davies, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2023
• This was about 12 years ago, and then I got sidetracked by the need to make a living.
  — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2024
• Touring is one of the most honest ways to make a living.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2023
• The golf game seems like a healthier way to make a living.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• For now, many of the artists who call the River Arts District home have no way to make a living.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
• The whole idea of small-scale brewing and trying to make a living was unheard of.
  — Alice Barlow, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2024
• What happens with all of these fields where no one can make a living anymore?
  — Jenn Pelly, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2023
• Unlike the Giant, Alison is able to make a living off the auras that plague her.
  — Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2022
• Some attribute burnout to concerns over wanting to keep their job and make a living.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• Throwing a wedding in order to receive gifts is a tough way to make a living.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
• Her stress mounting, Haynesworth looked for other ways to make a living in Senegal.
  — Chika Oduah, Essence, 16 Nov. 2023
• Some influencers and business owners that make a living from the app have even protested in front of the White House.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2024
• But that's easier said than done when most athletes don't make a living in their sport.
  — Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024
• As Dolly once said about a very different sort of daily grind: What a way to make a living!
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 20 June 2024
• But these Joro webs are everywhere in the fall, including right next to busy roads, and the spiders seem to be able to make a living there.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
• A lot of people can be creative, but not a lot can make a living being creative.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2022
• Do the waiters at your favorite restaurant rely on tips to make a living?
  — Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
• It's also still used by artists and entertainers to share their work and make a living.
  — Max Eddy, PCMAG, 1 June 2023
• Both of them are married to spouses who make a living, both of them are active students.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
• And some of those who make a living in comedy are not holding back on their opinions.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• There’s a strong message there to all young musicians who want to make a living from music.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
• Justin Fowler spends nearly 12 hours a day in a tiny warehouse with two giant printers to make a living.
  — Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2024
• In the early days of social media, people scoffed at the idea that posting content could be a way to make a living.
  — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2023
• For him, running a store was a better way to make a living than working in a factory.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 18 Sep. 2024
• That’s kind of always been my goal — just to be able to make a living, acting and provide for my family.
  — Dallas News, 22 Nov. 2022
• Her ability to make a living with art even surprised her.
  — Essence, 12 Jan. 2023
• Others tried to make a living as laborers in Jalalabad but struggled in the city.
  — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
• Many of those who make a living on the service also complain that a ban would hurt their businesses.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024
• And over years and even decades, it's gotten more and more difficult for people working full time to make a living.
  — NBC News, 24 Nov. 2024
• As someone with no plans to make a living off fiction, the downsides for me seem more personal.
  — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 24 May 2023

Last Updated: 20 Jan 2025