minding

Example Sentences

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Monday saw what appears to be one of the biggest insider trades ever registered, and there’s nobody minding the store willing to find out who it was.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 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

The attack against Ms MaGee happened while she was "minding her own business and reading her phone", prosecutors said.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 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

Somewhere in this subdued family din I was presumed to have been minding my own business for many hours.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver