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
“In my opinion, if you can’t tell what the tree is, you have no business identifying its fiber-building period,” Mellinger said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025
If you can’t stand being around suffering people, then you have no business in the low-wage work world, as a journalist or anything else.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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