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squander

[skwon-der] / ˈskwɒn dər /


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The real message may be this: “Don’t Squander It.”

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2011

Squander "the capital represented by living nature" and you "threaten life itself".

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2011

Squander more, and people will start to laugh.

From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2010

Squander not thy substance, or thou wilt come to need the meanest of folk.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John

Use both the great and lesser heavenly light,— Squander the stars in any number, Beasts, birds, trees, rocks, and all such lumber, Fire, water, darkness, Day and Night!

From Faust by Taylor, Bayard




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