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wasting

[wey-sting] / ˈweɪ stɪŋ /














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Leading 1-0 during the second half, Wales had chances to extend their advantage but, after wasting those, they squandered their hold on the match.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Greer said the "new order" would involve agreements between smaller groups of countries, rather than "wasting years and even decades to agree on a lowest-common denominator".

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

In a New Yorker article last year by a college professor, students characterized AI-enabled cheating as a widespread and resourceful way to avoid wasting time on material that didn’t interest them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

Then he burned almost two minutes with a song-and-dance number about not wasting time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

I had her watch how Romero took the bull away from a fallen horse with his cape, and how he held him with the cape and turned him, smoothly and suavely, never wasting the bull.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway