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Telephone poles covered in fundraising pleas for families whose breadwinners either rotted in faraway detention center or were sent back to their home countries.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

One is that its stars are their family’s breadwinners.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Many were - and still are - the main breadwinners in their families.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

The result: Most breadwinners still have jobs, and they are still spending.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 10, 2026

Among them, a quarter at least, would be the breadwinners, the fathers of families.

From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir