waste
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The cookout on Cimarron Street is another opportunity, and he’s determined not to waste it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"It's a waste of money," said Pat Osiecki, a 65-year-old retired contractor.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Some emergency-response experts express concern that people will waste precious minutes grabbing an anti-choking device when they should be doing back blows, the Heimlich maneuver—officially known as abdominal thrusts—or CPR.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Today, half of Gen Z-ers say their college degree was a waste of money.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
“No, it’d waste our time. The mountain’s going back to sleep,” said the director.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
It just wastes the strategy — and your money.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
I still think the film largely wastes its strong cast, but I framed it badly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Once she’s plugged in, charged and becomes sentient like the rest of the toys in Bonnie’s room, Lily wastes no time shaking things up.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
The tardy bell rings, and Ms. Rucker wastes no time announcing that there’ll be a test on Friday.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
If you’re working hard at the wrong things, “that's wasted effort.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Cunha wasted some of his excellent approach work.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
She bowled Ireland captain Lewis with a nip-backer before Prendergast wasted her solid start before holing out to deep mid-wicket for 25 off Mady Villiers.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Texts lit up my phone this morning from friends who had wasted most of their lives rooting for the Angels: Arte Moreno was finally selling the team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Shakespeare also wrote: ‘I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.’”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
“The more time I’m spending wasting their time, they’re probably not out there trying to look for other people,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
“I’ve had to become the whistleblower on the board because they’re wasting public monies — and we don‘t have a lot to begin with,” Unger said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
And yet, the film fails to utilize either to its advantage, wasting great talent and a halfway-decent premise on mind-numbing dialogue, repetitive plotting and dour lighting.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
While he blogged about students wasting time watching Netflix, he found something else to binge that would end up being far more important to his career: effective altruism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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
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