employment office
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Sue Tilley was 35 years old and working in a London employment office when she disrobed and let British artist Lucian Freud paint her in the nude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
In a statement Friday, Barnes said the building will have eight apartments of recovery housing, a recovery drop-in center, employment office and a bakery offering on-the-job training.
From Washington Times ● May 26, 2023
Then one day this spring the dad spent an excruciating hour stuck on hold while calling the state employment office; he finally slammed the phone down in frustration.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2021
Family members suspect it was a trip to the employment office that brought him there; at the time, he was staying not at the creek but with a friend in Long Beach, they said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2021
He is a huge creature with great thighs and Laocoön sinews and he towers a head above his brothers in front of the employment office.
From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Ben Hecht
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