fritter

The steam emanating from a fried zucchini fritter was…unnatural.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

For now, however, many young workers should still be able to find positions so they can afford to fritter away their youth, as is tradition.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Last time I went, we tried the Thai corn fritter which was really good and crispy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

Restaurant-delivery apps have become “an easy, and lazy, way to fritter your money away instead of investing,” Valega said.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026

And I stuck in a morsel of apple fritter wrapped in waxed paper.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

Order a round of fritters, a rum punch and a plate of griot, a citrusy pork dish that is slow-braised and then fried until crisp.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Faced with a chilly house, some users might then dial up the power on their heat pump - but if you do that, much of the efficiency advantage fritters away, he says.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

One of the offerings: takoyaki, sold next to a colorful poster that explains takoyaki is a “beloved Japanese street food … fritters with a variety of delicious toppings.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024

Cassava fritters, cassava fries, cassava cakes … cassava's possibilities are nearly endless.

From Salon ● May 6, 2024

It was one of our favorite places, a special-occasion kind of joint, with soft Art Deco lighting and crisp white tablecloths and things like caviar and artichoke fritters on the menu.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Beagle and Barker said they frittered away two hours at Pershing Square a few blocks away until around 4 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

England had the benefit of winning the toss in the third Test, then frittered it away.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024

Giddy with the view across central Oregon and suddenly reconnected to cell service, I frittered away my smartphone battery during a solo climb on Mount Jefferson in October 2019.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

Soon after, at 5-2, Alcaraz held two match points that he frittered away; he got broken for the first time to make it 5-3; and another match point came and went at 5-4.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

I’d frittered away the better part of a week and now that dream of a mountain had just crumbled to dust.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

“It’s not that we don’t have the money. It’s that we don’t like frittering it away.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Ray plainly resents Bankman-Fried for trying to blame the bankruptcy team for frittering away FTX’s value and his claim that he tried to help Ray restructure the company but was rebuffed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024

This is only frittering if it becomes excessive.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2023

The Cowboys weren’t done frittering away precious time, either.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023

It was like all the good and true things he’d ever done didn’t matter, and he, who he was, the legacy he’d worked so hard for, was dissolving, frittering away with every lie they told.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee