have no business
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When contacted by the Journal, the airlines said they have no business with the firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
He had earlier said the Prison Service was under enormous pressure "but even against that backdrop it doesn't explain or excuse the release of people on our streets who have no business being there".
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025
From her perspective, all-powerful cosmic beings have no business wifing up with mortals.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2025
It has that common pervasive dampness along with plenty of clannish townspeople who resent these nosy Nellies poking around where they have no business.
From New York Times • May 8, 2024
“Mr. Remora, you might manage his personal collection, but you have no business here. Now, please, don’t make me call security.”
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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