"Cupid plc confirms it does employ a motivation team of 24 people working across three shifts, " it added.

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Working in three shifts, hundreds of volunteers -- from firefighters to stars of the "Food Network" -- baked 96, 000 cookies in two weeks.

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One-hundred-and-eighty thousand volunteers have been working three-hour shifts in the swing states to squeeze out every last voter.

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Put together a business deal or a research project with three teams working in shifts, and you save days.

ECONOMIST: Firms that never sleep

Senate clerks, working in half-hour shifts, were three hours into the chore when Sanders withdrew the amendment in frustration.

NEWYORKER: The Empty Chamber

What he intends to do about it, however, is more of the same: frantic expansion and working his factories not two shifts a day, but three.

ECONOMIST: Too many South Koreans are reluctant to change their ways

The RMT has been calling for staff to be moved to 12-hour rosters, which would see the number of working days change from five to three but the length of shifts rise from eight hours to 12.

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