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"All we're doing is taking an idle, underground asset that isn't doing anything for Venezuelan people and bringing the money, the technology to develop it," Wright said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Fitzhugh, who was also said to be in a relationship with a man with a criminal record, looked up incidents in spring 2024, out of what the judge called "idle curiosity".

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Hardware depreciates and demand comes in bursts, so a bought machine sits idle between them, as the price of processing falls every year.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Some striking union members attended a rally in Seoul, while assembly lines at the plants remained idle ahead of the weekend, with partial four-hour walkouts set to resume next week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Katz needed bootlaces, so we went to an outfitter’s, and while he was off in the footwear section I had an idle shuffle around.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

There is an almost continuous succession of scenes in which Nicholson sketches this idler, lover, jokester, manipulator, con man, gambler, loner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

Oh, that would be the uncle who willed his farm and estate to Onegin, a charming idler.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2020

What’s missing is a palpable grit, particularly in Whitted’s performance, that would help us to a belief in Hal’s head-spinning pivot from idler and carouser to beloved hero of the realm.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2019

Only time will tell which version of Sissoko Tottenham have got: the often sullen idler who irritated Newcastle fans or the inspirational player who so impressively raised his game in June.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 9, 2016

An idler, it was argued, possessed ample means, and for that cause he was respected.

From A Drake by George! by John Trevena

Shettleston is one of Britain’s poorest, idlest and sickest places; at 64, male life expectancy is 15 years below the national average and falling.

From Economist ● Jul. 10, 2014

On the idlest previous day in the history of the bureau, Feb. 25, 1932, there had been 56 licenses issued.

From Time Magazine Archive

The inquiries into Milton's indebtedness to forerunners strike me as among the idlest inquiries of the kind—which is saying a great deal.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury

As a matter of fact, the active campaign never came, and for many moons we led the very idlest life down there that soldiers in time of war ever led anywhere.

From Recollections of a Varied Life by George Cary Eggleston

This accounts for the extreme interest shown by the public in what had very commonly been regarded as one of the idlest and least profitable kinds of literature.

From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury

On a warm day in mid-May, Grohl appears relaxed and self-assured — but not arrogant — as she idles on a sofa in a cozy Studio City ADU owned by her publicist.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

An on-board computer steers the kite into the prevailing current, then idles it at slack tide, maintaining a constant depth in the water column.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2021

A man drives by in a beat-up blue Camry, waving a green Seahawks helmet out the window as he idles along.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2020

She then idles outside the closed local library, so her child in middle school can pick up the Wi-Fi signal and do his homework.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2018

A line of black town cars idles at the curb while their drivers smoke and chat with each other.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

That list includes everything from design changes during construction to supply-chain challenges that at times idled a huge on-site labor force.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

His girlfriend, Britany Jacobs, idled their car in a disabled parking spot, accompanied by the couple’s other child.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026

He voiced his rage over an empty reservoir, idled fire trucks and what he called dangerous brush clearance policies.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Then there is MP, which restarted the Mountain Pass mine in 2018 External link after it had idled in 2015.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

Two minutes before seven, Miles’s truck idled in the driveway, tailpipe gushing exhaust into the frosty air.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

The idea struck him at—where else—an airport, when he was waiting for a commercial flight and saw a private jet idling on the tarmac.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

The officer walked up to my idling Impala and informed me that my left taillight was out.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

The parking lot would prevent port-bound trucks from idling near schools and parks, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

The spokesperson added the council was looking to develop "eco driving" across the fleet, starting with monitoring its vehicles' throttle usage, speed, mileage and idling in an effort to reduce fuel usage and carbon emissions.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

When I got out of class, Mom was idling at the curb in front of the building.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green