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It reported that the Madonna and Christ in Pietà was removed directly from inside a secure display case, while all the paintings taken were on wooden panels, preventing them from easily being rolled up.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
I also saw the reality of more than 260 days at sea with more than 150 days in a combat zone, while speaking with sailors in spaces most guests don’t see.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain and season with flaky salt while still warm, if desired.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
He began studying the Tar Pits' relatively understudied reptile and amphibian collections while working there as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
They had all their stuff spread out on the table and looked intense, as if they were in another world while sitting somewhere otherworldly.
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
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
During their last shift together, Gaetz and Ruiz looked at houses together, whiling away the time before they had to clock out.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
Moose blew the exam by whiling away his time instead of studying.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
