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Similarly, the square footage was last listed at just over 14,500, while more recent reporting puts that figure at closer to 18,000 square feet.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Nonetheless, it was still the second consecutive month below the 50 threshold, which signals a contraction in activity, while a reading above 50 indicates expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Byrne says while some ancient Lúghnasadh traditions like making harvest knots have almost disappeared, others like bonfires have remained a staple of our modern autumn celebrations.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

"There's no reason to fix what's already working," he said, predicting Ternus will concentrate on hardware innovation while leaving Cook's supply chain intact.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Joan of Arc could have hidden in her village while battles raged around her, but she didn’t.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

It was a fully functioning ecosystem where contestants slept, ate, played, read and whiled away the hours, built in a stretch of empty field off a Greenville highway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 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

Harry whiled away the hours until dawn in front of the fire, getting up every now and then to stop Crookshanks from sneaking up the boys’ staircase again.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

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

There seemed to be something basic or banal about whiling away hours in the gym.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2025

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

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