idle
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Slowly throttling wells and using idle ships as floating storage are further helping Iran stretch the clock.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The physical bottleneck clears only if power, grid, cooling and construction scale fast enough to keep the money being spent from sitting idle in a queue.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Senators reached a compromise earlier this month prohibiting yield on idle deposits but allowing “rewards” payments when customers use the dollar-pegged coins.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Prosecutors said this was not an idle remark but clear evidence of foreknowledge.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Reverend Hunt begins to explain again, but Captain Smith finds us boys sitting idle and tells Reverend Hunt he needs us to come work in the gardens.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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Some Tricky Homonyms
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List 8
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