lollygag
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However, if the U.S. is really going to pull-off such a massive shift in its energy supply, it can’t wait and lollygag around.
From Slate • Sep. 16, 2021
Yet we still go larking lightly into these wars and lollygag as we leave them.
From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2021
Inside the park, they lollygag in meadows along the main road, coexisting easily with the tourists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 19, 2016
They were under strict orders from their mother to run – not lollygag or walk or jog, but run – directly home after hitting the road’s curve.
From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2016
Marita went on: I leave school at five p.m., and if I don’t lollygag around, then I will get home around five-thirty.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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"Marita's Bargain" by Malcolm Gladwell
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