have no business
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“If I can’t stand up here and answer a tough question, then I have no business running the state.”
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026
We have no business running a private school.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
“Do I think it’s justified? I think it’s completely justified. We sitting in the courtroom have no business to judge what Proctor and Kawahara were thinking that night,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
“Eighteen-year-old boys have no business being on the front line,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
“If you have to ask who I am, you have no business here.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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