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wile

[wahyl] / waɪl /


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However, the promised repayment date soon passed, wile Barnes continued reassuring them the money was coming.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Miura was third in the free skate to seize the last podium place with a total of 253.69 points wile Tomono, fifth in the free skate, was fourth with 251.46.

From Barron's Nov. 2, 2025

The index of the economic outlook for the next 12 months slipped 0.4%, wile the outlook for the next five years climbed 5.2%.

From Reuters Dec. 12, 2022

Ty Brewer and Ledarrius Brewer each had 14 points and Jordan King and Mohab Yasser each added 11 points wile Yasser grabbed 10 rebounds.

From Seattle Times Mar. 4, 2022

Though some dictionaries now accept “ wile away,” which began as a spelling error, I’ll stick to the original.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Beneath the character’s flirtatious wiles, her powerful soprano brought steel to Blanche’s determination to live in her fantasy—a lost world of wealth and graciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

England's scrum creaked, perhaps decisively, when the wisdom and wiles of Cole and Marler departed.

From BBC Oct. 22, 2023

Caught between the maniacal determination of Purlie and the tyrannous wrath of Cotchipee, Lutiebelle discovers wiles she never knew she possessed.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 6, 2023

My concern is that it’s all too tempting to yield to such wiles in the name of saving time and minimizing effort.

From Scientific American Sep. 29, 2023

Despite all his wiles, Moose failed to sway the professor.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

As they had before the quake, they smoked cigars and wiled away the afternoon.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2023

Adults wiled away days attending church, playing badminton, taking pottery classes and listening to music on the shores of a picturesque western New York lake.

From New York Times Aug. 13, 2022

A few years ago, I wiled away an evening with friends in a thermal bath in Segesta, in the same waters where ancient demigods reputedly used to frolic.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2021

It was at France House, for example, where Lochte and his swimming teammates wiled away the night before their fateful gas station incident.

From Time Aug. 21, 2016

Nothing could be further from the non-contact European court dances with which the colonial sugar-cane and coffee-plantation owners had wiled away their evenings before Cuban independence.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

He said the case was brought to "a crashing halt" when Mr Collins outlined the limits of what he would be wiling to say in court.

From BBC Oct. 27, 2025

"Those banks seek safety of principle plus interest and are not interested in or wiling to forego either in the interest of dealing with the climate crisis," Wolff said.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2024

She also suggests asking yourself how much risk you’re wiling to take.

From Slate Nov. 16, 2023

"You can put a value on stuff but if no one's wiling to pay that price, it's not a true value."

From Reuters Jul. 19, 2023

While he watches them, softly smiling, His favorite rose that hour With a butterfly gallant is wiling In her attar-scented bower.

From The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics by Cawein, Madison Julius




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