Example Sentences

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Unified career, she taught high school students working to catch up on missing credits and also worked as a mental health therapist for victims of crime and as a foster care social worker.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

If federal funding isn’t replaced, “hospitals and emergency rooms will close and patients will die,” Zelda Aaron, a social worker at Community Hospital of San Bernardino, said in a coalition statement.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Lord Renucci ordered a specialist social worker to prepare a report into his background and remanded him in custody.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“When I started hearing noises about the Frostburg thing, I thought, ‘That sounds really wonderful,’” said Van Hollen, a single, retired clinical social worker.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

“Good news, right? So, you’re going to need to call the social worker lady…what’s her name?”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko