squander

To squander that enthusiasm would be a sin.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

Kostrzewa was one of several Polish executives who signed an appeal to both governments urging them not to "squander" their close ties.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

But then comes the disappointment as Croatia equalise, before we take the lead again only to squander it and go in at half time with the match evenly poised at 2-2.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

After losing in straight sets to Rishvanth Krishna from Irvine University in last year’s final, Huarte was not about to squander his second chance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

The students were not about to squander their momentum, however, which had overnight grown greater than at any time since the lunch-counter movement had commenced over three years earlier.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Riseborough plays a single mom from West Texas who resolves to “have a better life” after winning a $190,000 lottery prize but instead squanders her winnings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

Trym knows too well how the human touch squanders a wild animal’s dignity.

From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2022

Food waste not only squanders natural resources, money and effort, it degrades the environment.

From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2022

In the Mariners’ current predicament, every loss is painful — even more so when it squanders an elite pitching performance.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2022

He scatters money like chaff, and squanders his goods as if they were stolen.

From Timar's Two Worlds by Mór Jókai

“A husband destined for immortality has ended up a debt-ridden, third-rate comedian, laboring over his closing lines; a gifted child squandered his promise, consorting with moneylenders,” Li writes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Others said the industry squandered its chance to close the deal earlier in the year, before any of those forces gathered steam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

For a company that has owned a pioneering AI lab since 2014 and has proclaimed itself “AI-first” since 2016, Google seems to have squandered an early lead, experts say.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

Fritz squandered a pair of match points at 40-15 and gave himself another with a booming forehand.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

It carried punishments that were different from those for other crimes, explained the judge assigned to his case, a judge who loathed squandered opportunities.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

All of it meant that even though the Vikings have the NFL’s stingiest defense at 14.5 points per game, they risked squandering it because their play under center was so unreliable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

They’re just focused on winning this race, this time, and not squandering the opportunity that has fallen into their laps.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026

For now, he keeps squandering his Marvel breaks on whiffs like “Cherry” and “Uncharted.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

I can definitely understand why there might not be, let’s say, a surplus of empathy for a privileged young man carelessly and repeatedly squandering his expensive education.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

I stayed there for months playing back every minute of our time together, watching it like I watched the movies, trying to make sense of the days we buried squandering love.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García