fritter
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The steam emanating from a fried zucchini fritter was…unnatural.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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
Their extensive donut menu has 30 variations, including chocolate wildberry fritter, salt and vinegar, red velvet cake and orange dream star.
From Salon ● May 28, 2025
She stuck her nose in the apple fritter and handed it over to Mona, who was hovering.
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
By the time Neil and Zach arrived, the fritters were nearly gone, and Rosaleen was in danger of floating off into the atmosphere.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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
Sam Burns and Adam Scott had frittered away their overnight advantage.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
Giddy with the view across central Oregon and suddenly reconnected to cell service, I frittered away my smartphone battery during a solo climb on Mount Jefferson in October 2019.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
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
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
The meek Eagles sputtered and stalled, brainlessly frittering a time out that might have extended the game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
This is only frittering if it becomes excessive.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2023
The Cowboys weren’t done frittering away precious time, either.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
It is impossible even to get a machine to run without wasting energy, frittering some of its power into the universe as heat.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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