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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
• Mining, agriculture, and logging were the only ways to earn a living.
  — Outside Online, 25 Sep. 2024
• His father struggled to earn a living as a soccer player, so Pelé grew up in poverty.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2022
• In some cases, that can be enough for a supplemental income stream, but few earn a living wage.
  — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2024
• 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
• The thesis proposed by Kevin Kelly is that a working creative only needs one thousand true fans willing to spend $100 on their art each year to earn a living.
  — Howard Murphy, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024