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all the while

[awl thuh wahyl, hwahyl] / ˈɔl ðə ˈwaɪl, ˈʰwaɪl /


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And all the while, Washington kept treating imports as a substitute for rebuilding domestic supply.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

To spur them on, Mary Kay offered only praise, never criticism, all the while dangling gifts and the opportunity for reinvention.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Across two hours, Buckley’s Bride shoots, kicks, contorts, dances, scrapes, whizzes, licks and screams, all the while coming no closer to her true self than she was at the start of the film.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2026

No trace, no proof of life, and all the while, the nation is informed of every twist of what mostly is not happening.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2026

They sang and they marched, and all the while, Penelope thought of her hair.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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