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Her Hawaii posts were unsponsored, though Schulte has created other paid content that nurse staffing agencies have posted to their own social-media feeds, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The unsponsored elite runner had just won the biggest race of her career and earned $14,500, but her life and routine as an elementary school teacher and high school math tutor in Northern Virginia continued.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2022

He was unsponsored at first and it wasn’t until the halfway point of the season before Hendrick inked both a full-time sponsor and Larson to an extension through 2023.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2021

True, who had been anticipating running on Sunday as an unsponsored athlete, said Thursday that he had agreed to a new deal with Asics that would run through at least 2023.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2021

He becomes part of the tradition, a standard, a stick with which to beat the next original genius who dares to shove an unsponsored nose above water.

From Art by Bell, Clive