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Most of Southern California, however, will see highs rise only by several degrees, and while it will be noticeable, it won’t be historic, Thompson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Spain's president of the Aragón region announced on Sunday that a soldier had died in the Peñas de Riglos fire, while flames continued to rage on Portugal's border with Spain.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Gen. Fitz-John Winthrop of Connecticut led an overland attack, while a Boston fleet was commanded by William Phips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
That is until Thatcher ratchets up the eerie tension tenfold while Refn builds his gorgeous fantasy around her.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
After having fun for a while, the people decided to end the adventure.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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
Many have been in the tech sector, which hired heavily during the pandemic, when people whiled away time stuck at home playing games online.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
Harry, Bill, and Mrs. Weasley whiled away the afternoon with a long walk around the castle, and then returned to the Great Hall for the evening feast.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" 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
It tells the story of a count and countess whiling away their days in a secluded villa surrounded by a garden as a horde of rabble rousers approaches.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 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
Suddenly I realized that this unprofitable task of his was probably nothing more than a method of whiling away the early morning hours, much as other insomniacs do crossword puzzles.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
