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For Morrison, left to search for his partner amid the snow, hazardous ridges and cliffs, it all seems like a waste.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Other companies are scaling up processes for roasting or fermenting agricultural waste products, to make them good-enough substitutes for the primary ingredients in chocolate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Neither book argues for a return to the olfactory world of the past, and surely nobody wants streets where sewage runs in the gutters and rivers are fouled by industrial waste.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“For too long, the Chiquita Canyon Landfill has done the opposite, which has resulted in numerous spills of leachate and other violations of our state’s hazardous waste laws.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

It seems a waste but I find later that people from the checkpoint will come out with snowmobiles and harvest the hills as they do each year.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

But the Independent was cooler on the launch episode as a whole, saying the show "wastes Nigella's prodigious charms and misses chance for a true revamp".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

It just wastes the strategy — and your money.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 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

Whatever thematic capital “Disclosure Day” builds, it largely wastes on this gimmick and dumb action scenes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

“Eh! My son wastes money on these expensive things,” she said.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Less waiting and fewer wasted trips could let the same machines move more orders during a shift.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Garland wasted no time giving Clippers fans something to smile about after an offseason of torment and transformation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Another research paper found that small doctors’ practices in the U.S. spent — or wasted — nearly four times as much dealing with insurers as they do in Canada, with a single-payer system.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

"I'm frustrated. I paid money, I wasted my time. I did whatever they wanted without any result," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Vatete's husband glanced at the wasted girl as she tottered to a log and sat down.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

NBA officials have placed a larger emphasis on flopping this season, along with limiting use of off-arm force against defenders, reckless closeouts and time wasting on free throws.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Researchers have observed similar changes in several conditions that cause muscle wasting.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Dubois, meanwhile, was greeted by jeers as he marched straight past the fireworks and towards the ring, wasting little time soaking up the occasion.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Arvinas is pursuing two candidates for Parkinson’s disease and for spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, a rare disorder that leads to progressive muscle weakness and wasting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

They were wasting time, and there was all that work to be done at the field.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios