fritter
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The result is something between an aromatic fritter and a funky soufflé.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
For now, however, many young workers should still be able to find positions so they can afford to fritter away their youth, as is tradition.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Restaurant-delivery apps have become “an easy, and lazy, way to fritter your money away instead of investing,” Valega said.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026
He called the party a “mess” and wondered how its leaders might fritter away the momentum.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025
And I stuck in a morsel of apple fritter wrapped in waxed paper.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Baseball-sized salt cod fritters arrive golden and hot.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Go for the carimañolas, crisp yuca fritters stuffed with meat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Faced with a chilly house, some users might then dial up the power on their heat pump - but if you do that, much of the efficiency advantage fritters away, he says.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
One of the offerings: takoyaki, sold next to a colorful poster that explains takoyaki is a “beloved Japanese street food … fritters with a variety of delicious toppings.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
It was one of our favorite places, a special-occasion kind of joint, with soft Art Deco lighting and crisp white tablecloths and things like caviar and artichoke fritters on the menu.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Some lines may be familiar: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation”; “Our life is frittered away by detail ... simplify, simplify!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
In reality, it was money "frittered away" by their daughter.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2024
With shouts of “Go, Coco!” and “Allez, Coco!” emanating from the Court Philippe Chatrier stands, Gauff frittered away two break points as Swiatek served at 1-all.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
Maybe you’ve frittered away hours on Microsoft Flight Simulator.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2023
I’d frittered away the better part of a week and now that dream of a mountain had just crumbled to dust.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Fisher and Day can’t even secure jobs, stuck literally and metaphorically frittering away their youth in the back seat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
“It’s that we don’t like frittering it away.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
This is only frittering if it becomes excessive.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2023
Hilda Burke, psychotherapist and author of The Phone Addiction Workbook, says there's now more widespread awareness about how much time people are "frittering" away on social media platforms.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2022
From afar, the many green, black, and blue plastic tents jut into the sky like thousands of anthills with blackhaired people frittering in every direction.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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