have no business
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Fury described the pair as "finished," suggesting that if he showed even a fraction of that decline, he would have no business being in the ring.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
“Eighteen-year-old boys have no business being on the front line,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
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
You have no business ordering these men around.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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