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But then comes the disappointment as Croatia equalise, before we take the lead again only to squander it and go in at half time with the match evenly poised at 2-2.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

After losing in straight sets to Rishvanth Krishna from Irvine University in last year’s final, Huarte was not about to squander his second chance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

That said, plenty of families have adult children who may be tempted to squander a large sum of money and/or even fall prey to other bad actors in their lives.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026

India must not squander money trying to beat OpenAI or DeepSeek, officials say, but should instead find cost-effective ways to deploy AI usefully and build an AI-services business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

Very few of these stars are of the massive short-lived variety that squander their reserves of thermonuclear fuel.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Trym knows too well how the human touch squanders a wild animal’s dignity.

From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2022

Food waste not only squanders natural resources, money and effort, it degrades the environment.

From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2022

In the Mariners’ current predicament, every loss is painful — even more so when it squanders an elite pitching performance.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2022

In adapting Christie’s book more than 80 years later, Branagh had a chance to humanize the Egyptians but he squanders the opportunity, failing to even acknowledge the voyage’s context.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2022

Sir Hubert is a rich gentleman, who squanders almost all his substance in giving grand entertainments to the Lady Mabel, whom he makes love to without meeting with any return.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various

Fritz squandered a pair of match points at 40-15 and gave himself another with a booming forehand.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

The German was criticised for his substitutions as England squandered a 1-0 lead late on, but says he intends to stay to lead the Three Lions into Euro 2028.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Rescue teams say they squandered hours waiting to receive their equipment and luggage at the overwhelmed airport in Valencia, a two-hour drive from the disaster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

It’s not only that he squandered a decent beginning, but that he revealed how far he has fallen from the thoughtful young man who once had something original to say.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

He listened to it splash dismally below, bidding a wistful farewell to the squandered buck and a quarter.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

For now, he keeps squandering his Marvel breaks on whiffs like “Cherry” and “Uncharted.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

I can definitely understand why there might not be, let’s say, a surplus of empathy for a privileged young man carelessly and repeatedly squandering his expensive education.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

They had a knack for disastrous drafting and squandering their top picks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

However, in the tie-break, Sinner upped his first serves and after squandering the first of two set points, an Alcaraz double fault gave him the initiative in the match.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

The passenger pigeon remained an emblem of natural bounty, but now it also represented the squandering of that bounty.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann