squander
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Twelve months later, she reached another Melbourne final - and a flurry of mistakes saw her squander a break lead in the deciding set against Elena Rybakina.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 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
That said, plenty of families have adult children who may be tempted to squander a large sum of money and/or even fall prey to other bad actors in their lives.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026
I could be a crank and say I can’t wait for baseball to squander this momentum, or I could savor the sport-saving caffeine of the pitch clock and the Fall Classic’s screaming return from near-irrelevance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
But most real entertainment cost money, and my hard-won pennies were too precious to squander.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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