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
In a couple of weeks Cooper Jr.’s catch will be poorly “recreated” at Thanksgiving touch football games by out of shape goofballs like me who have no business playing any football.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 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
Pankow was scared to death when I was driving the car: “You have no business doing this. My life is in jeopardy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
“You don’t want to risk your position over a friendship you have no business making. That’s all I’m saying.”
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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