waste

Members had fought off plans for toxic waste incinerators and power plants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

But even some of the grants slated to fund more traditional human rights projects skirt federal requirements for competitive bidding that are meant to deter waste, fraud and abuse.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

She said that, under the terms of a new contract, traders would be expected to pay additional charges for water and grey waste, chiller and storage space, and energy supply.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Even allowing generously for waste, the whole wafer industry plausibly uses tens of tons a year, not hundreds.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Mom said could Dad please not waste time and resources making my weird ice-cream ideas any more.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

His 13 league goals for Brighton last season came from 12.5 expected goals, a steady return that reflects a striker who finishes at expectation and rarely wastes chances.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

It does point out that “very little is known about the history of this deep-ocean disposal, the nature of the wastes, or waste sources.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Whatever thematic capital “Disclosure Day” builds, it largely wastes on this gimmick and dumb action scenes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

This process wastes energy as heat within the motor core, which is made from soft magnetic materials.

From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026

Our hardest task is teaching people to count on a future: to plant citrus trees, and compost their wastes for fertilizer.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Otherwise, 30% of our time is wasted on nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

There is not one single reason vaccines are wasted and disposed of, but the WHO estimates this is the fate of half of all vaccines globally.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Others were clear cases of wasted capital, such as comedy digital token dogecoin or many of the SPACs that failed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Twenty-five years after “Is This It,” the Strokes are as big as they’ve ever been — and not just among old heads eager to relive the wasted glamour of the early-2000s garage rock revival.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

The captains of Redwall wasted no time in making use of the temporary respite.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

“Discussions of hospice reform should be focused on first stopping any fraudulent activity from wasting Medicare dollars, which would result in greater savings than those identified in this report.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

“I still said, ‘I already turned it down so you’re wasting your time.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

“Anticompetitive practices are strong-arming our cities, wasting taxpayer dollars, and leaving firefighters without lifesaving equipment,” Banks said separately.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Adam Holding said paying for fly mitigation measures for his cafe and bar "isn't a good thing for us to be wasting money on" but said "it has to be done to keep our customers"

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

He would probably get in big trouble for wasting napkins.

From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon