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• The mop pads have more than 300 scrubbing strips that work overtime to get out dirt and grime, and when you’re done, just toss the pad in the trash.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023
• So that has a lot to do with it because more moms and dads have to work overtime in order to provide, to make it throughout the week.
  — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2021
• But toward the end, as the pandemic stabilized in New York, she wasn’t allowed to work overtime.
  — Laura Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 8 June 2020
• Also, Teamster drivers won’t be forced to work overtime on their days off and will have a set driving schedule of one of two options.
  — Olivia Evans, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
• Workers had to work overtime and forego vacation to meet crazy demand, and spirits began to lag.
  — David Rock, Forbes, 20 May 2021
• These versatile accessories had to work overtime when my five-day trip became a nine-day trip.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2024
• With signs that the surge is easing, Jones said shelter providers are preparing to have staff members work overtime to step up outreach efforts and bring in new clients.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2022
• The hardworking curtains work overtime to reduce outside noise when pulled too.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2023
• At times, paramedics are forced to work overtime to ensure there’s enough staffing to operate ambulances, which can lead to burnout, Sommerfelt said.
  — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
• That and a decade of unfilled vacancies at the station that forced deputies to work overtime made Mayor R. Rex Parris come up with the idea for his city’s own police department.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• Pumping up the lows is more likely to force the digital signal processing (DSP) to work overtime to avoid distortion.
  — PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
• To maintain the correct orientation in flight, the craft’s thrusters are now having to work overtime and are eating into the limited fuel supply.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2024
• Jascha Franklin-Hodge, the city’s chief of streets, said at the hearing that the city suffers from a shortage of officers to complete detail assignments, even when police are ordered to work overtime to fill an empty spot.
  — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
• The Wildcats had to work overtime to win at Utah before facing a quick turnaround against a Colorado squad that desperately needed a quality win.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
• Without legacy franchises of its own, the relatively young company has to work overtime to turn its homegrown hits into durable wells of IP.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
• O’Malley wrote that the under-staffing leads to detention center supervisors having to force more officers to work overtime shifts.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2021
• The heat forced many customers’ air conditioners to work overtime, driving up electricity bills and in turn, the company’s profits.
  — Drew Kann, ajc, 28 July 2022
• Guards are now regularly required to work overtime; they are ordered at the end of a shift to stay at work for another, often with no warning, leaving family plans in upheaval.
  — Justin Mayo Taylor Glascock, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• Guards are now regularly required to work overtime; they are ordered at the end of a shift to stay at work for another, often with no warning, leaving family plans in upheaval.
  — Mario Koran, The New York Times / Wisconsin Watch and Justin Mayo, Big Local News, Journal Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2024
• In addition to hiring new employees, the department is allowing staff to work overtime.
  — Andrea Sachs, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
• This includes debris removal, running shelters and paying for first responders to work overtime, among other costs.
  — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2023
• Takeaway 2: Controllers work overtime to make up for staffing shortages The audit found that controllers at some facilities were working six days a week and mandatory overtime in order to compensate for the lack of workers.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
• Healthcare providers have long established the benefits of routine ice baths, which may work overtime to reduce joint inflammation as well as help sore muscles recuperate.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 22 Mar. 2023
• For instance, requiring people to work overtime regularly creates burnout for some workers.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Bar carts are underestimated accent pieces that work overtime to bring beauty and practicality into a space.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2023
• The flip side is some aren’t exactly big personalities, so the wizards behind the production curtain work overtime to conjure character narratives.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• Some of Schneider’s former colleagues describe him as someone who tolerated very little and expected employees to work overtime.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2024
• Officers also alleged employment violations, saying they were forced to use vacation time to cover what should have been medical leave and were denied overtime pay after being forced to work overtime.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• Software engineers work overtime to meet performance indicators.
  — Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024