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A Times investigation in 2020 found that providers were billing Medicare for hospice services and equipment for patients who were not actually dying while the industry boomed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

"I will continue to work hard every day representing my constituents while this party process is ongoing."

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

There are close to 20 singing roles, and while Mr. Kolomiiets differentiates his main characters, the vocal writing for the soloists isn’t especially compelling or memorable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

"This has now been recognised and is becoming a major issue across Europe," he said in a statement broadcast live while visiting the education ministry.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

She nodded in the direction she meant while getting ready.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

During the pandemic, he whiled away lockdown by rising early and chronicling nature’s progress in more than 100 pictures on an iPad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Taking a Greyhound bus back to Palo Alto, Lesh whiled away a few years rooming with Constanten and working at the post office as he composed classical music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024

The family said their "quiet and uncomplaining" mother, severely disabled by her stroke, had whiled away her days in a general care unit, and the specialist support she needed had barely begun.

From BBC ● May 29, 2024

Once that set ended, Zverev left the court for a medical timeout, and Alcaraz whiled away the time by twirling his racket as if it were a baton.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2023

I whiled away many a pleasant hour gnawing at a flipper joint or split­ting open bones and licking out their marrow.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Since their arrival in Kinshasa, a megacity of more than 17 million people, the 15 South American migrants have been whiling away their time in a complex near the airport.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

Then he sold Google ads for a company called Linktech, whiling away his days cold-calling strangers who weren’t exactly happy to hear from him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025

We were both whiling away the pandemic in Amagansett—a tiny Long Island beach town most people pass through on their way to Montauk—and I promised to teach her how to surf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2025

Another photo is of me and my brother as kids, playing cards aboard a moving train, whiling away the time as we whiled away thousands of hours: together.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

Suddenly I realized that this unprofitable task of his was probably nothing more than a method of whiling away the early morning hours, much as other insomniacs do crossword puzzles.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt