idle
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Pletcher knows the route well: Three of his Belmont champions did it, and the fourth, the filly Rags to Riches, was idle from the Kentucky Oaks until the Belmont.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 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
The island is now restarting two coal-fired power generators, which had been idle for months as it tried to shift away from coal.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
The Clarity Act, a crypto regulatory framework, advanced after a compromise on stablecoin yield, allowing “rewards” but not yield on idle deposits.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
‘But I am going down beyond the southern borders to get some news, if I can. I have been idle longer than I should.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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