pastime
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The self-proclaimed homebodies share that their ideal quality pastime is rewatching “Grey’s Anatomy” for the third time, sitting together in silence while enjoying cookie milkshakes, or spending a weekend away in nature.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
But they’re also the world’s most profitable pastime: Worldwide, videogames made more than $180 billion in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Vast news deserts with no local coverage exist across the country, and independent reporting of any issue, concern, pastime, government action, youth activity or local PTA is nearly impossible to find.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026
It’s practically a national pastime to complain about the media.
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026
Mr. Pontellier himself had no particular leaning toward horse racing, and was even rather inclined to discourage it as a pastime, especially when he considered the fate of that bluegrass farm in Kentucky.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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