minding

Example Sentences

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Who knows if they’ll be minding the store at all?

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026

When nearly a quarter-billion dollars can vanish from one state program before anyone truly notices, taxpayers are justified in asking who was supposed to be minding the store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Further research revealed James was badly injured while minding officers' baggage during the battle - an act that may have earned him a portrait, commissioned by an officer, Ms Lavelle said.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

“The residents are just sitting there minding their own business when these new owners made their lives super stressful,” the plaintiffs’ attorney Frances Campbell said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

She fell to her knees in the road, not minding the scrape of the pavement on her bare skin, and threw her arms around his shaggy neck.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby