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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

“Of course I took them. You have no business carrying around something like that. What if somebody saw those things?”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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