pastime
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Noodling is often portrayed as an extreme redneck pastime, but it traditionally had more to do with survival than sport.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Since gambling became the national pastime, you can wager on anything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The pastime suffered during World War Two and although the sport resumed, by the 1950s stocks of tuna were on the wane as commercial fishing technology developed.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
As it happens, she continued to consider singing a secondary pastime even after her performance in Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” under the direction of Peter Sellars made her famous in operatic circles in 1985.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
And then she goes outside again to take up her new favorite pastime, staring down that mimosa tree with the axe in her hand.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Once a desperate 18th-century fight for survival, mudlarking has evolved into one of London’s most coveted viral pastimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Backyard bird feeding is one of our country’s most popular pastimes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
L.A. is also where she filmed her latest movie, “The Dink,” an Apple TV comedy centered on one of her favorite pastimes: pickleball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
While we have counseled that speculating on earnings reports is gambling, it remains one of the most prevalent pastimes in the stock and options market.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
“Is another subject the national pastimes in Zambia?”
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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