work at
phrasal verb
worked at; working at; works at
: to make an effort to do (something) better
She has been working (harder) at controlling her temper.
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Rio Tinto lost almost 2% after the multinational mining company suspended work at its Simandou iron-ore mine in Guinea following a fatality at the SimFer project late Sunday.
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Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
Harder, 39, grew up in Turlock, worked at a venture capital firm and taught business at Modesto Junior College.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
The railroads arms, lights and audio bells were working at the time of the crash, police say.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
The first Olympics that Svrluga worked at was the 2004 Athens Summer Games, and he was struck by the way colleagues at the paper collaborated at such a big event.
—Andrew Dampf, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
Harder, 39, grew up in Turlock, worked at a venture capital firm and taught business at Modesto Junior College.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
The railroads arms, lights and audio bells were working at the time of the crash, police say.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
The first Olympics that Svrluga worked at was the 2004 Athens Summer Games, and he was struck by the way colleagues at the paper collaborated at such a big event.
—Andrew Dampf, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Work at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20at. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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