How to Use work at in a Sentence
work at
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Jordan Janawitz used to work at the bar.
—Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 4 May 2026
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Davis has worked at the factory for about a decade.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 June 2026
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The jail system is not working at all.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
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With three remote days, workers can do the bulk of this work at home.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 15 May 2026
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Artists can sell their work at the show; the gallery takes a small commission.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
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Around the time of his death, Patton worked at the Ford plant.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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Brason was working at her ice cream shop two doors down at the time of the robbery.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
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Since then, hundreds more have started working at the mine.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
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The whirr of dozens of sewing machines working at once fills the stark, concrete room.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 June 2026
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Not all of my members work at the same level nor have the ability to.
—Nancy Pulciano, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
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The man who was killed was a civilian who was working at the location.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
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Even people who are known for work at Paramount are speaking up.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
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Sean Humphrey now works at one of the treatment programs that helped him in his time of need.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 20 June 2026
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The employee said two of the people who died worked at the motel.
—ABC News, 1 July 2026
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But atom lithography has not yet been proven to work at commercial scale.
—Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
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Through Sunday, Fechter works at the expo.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
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His favorite thing about working at Caspers is the customers.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
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Ginsberg plans to hire some people with Down syndrome to work at the cafe too.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
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Ibrahim, Fatme’s older brother, who had been at work at the time of the strike, was there, too.
—Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
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Our parents were very much plugged into charitable work at the soup kitchen.
—Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
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Vuong shared a memory about watching talk shows while working at his mom’s nail salon.
—Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
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People are working at, like, 110%.
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
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Ewing said that some roads in the area would be closed as first responders continue to work at the scene.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
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Astronauts will live and work at the base to study the moon and prepare for missions to Mars.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 June 2026
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Hussain said his cousin had worked at the deli for 15 years and was beloved in the community.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Five teams are working at a pace of 97 or higher, which would have placed last year’s Sparks at sixth.
—Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
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Kenny declined to say what hospital the father worked at.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
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Now, both sons work at the school, and the veteran runs a program at the School of Autism.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
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The flip side • Have to give a shoutout to all the great people who work at Kia Center.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
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Here are the highlights for those who don’t work at Clorox, so they didn’t get invited to the upfronts.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 May 2026
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