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This is also possible because they have a nanny to take them from one place to another while the parents work.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
A summer social-media campaign titled “Cropaganda” made light of meat industry lobbying groups, while other recent posts have featured high-performance athletes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Kazarian marks at least the second person who died this year while trying to summit the highest peak in the contiguous U.S. at 14,505 feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Rice said that while there is "some need" for a sinking fund, it was "devastating" for residents.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“I’m gonna go shower. You think about your answer while I’m busy.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
It was a fully functioning ecosystem where contestants slept, ate, played, read and whiled away the hours, built in a stretch of empty field off a Greenville highway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 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
Harry whiled away the hours until dawn in front of the fire, getting up every now and then to stop Crookshanks from sneaking up the boys’ staircase again.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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
Zalatoris couldn’t swing a club for months, instead whiling away the hours by watching family and friends play back at Maridoe Golf Club in Dallas.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
“Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit” isn’t precisely a song about whiling away the hours on a beach but the mellow groove certainly feels like it was designed to soundtrack a peaceful afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
Moose blew the exam by whiling away his time instead of studying.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
