minding
Example Sentences
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“He wasn’t minding the shop” as state attorney general, Mahan said, pointing to fraudulent unemployment and hospice claims early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Present everywhere, committed to nothing, minding its own business and making money from all sides.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Monday saw what appears to be one of the biggest insider trades ever registered, and there’s nobody minding the store willing to find out who it was.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
The attack against Ms MaGee happened while she was "minding her own business and reading her phone", prosecutors said.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
Well, at least as much as we were minding everyone else's.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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