idling
Example Sentences
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Many Mittelstand firms are idling workers, cutting jobs or shifting production, including to China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
The officer walked up to my idling Impala and informed me that my left taillight was out.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
It seems these days that almost everyone there has seen or felt the aftermath of an immigration raid: cars with shattered windows left idling and businesses emptied of their usual employees and patrons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
More than 200 tankers are idling on both sides of the strait, leaving Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar unable to transport crude oil and petroleum products.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
He was his idling car motor as he looked, looked, looked — observing with some satisfaction how almost impossible it was to tell from the outside of the building that inside it was collapsing.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
