pastime
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“It’s a pastime I’ve followed since I was a child,” Díaz told El Nuevo Día in March.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
It also makes O’Donnell a competent foil—and a satisfying target for Trump’s favorite pastime, revenge.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
A recent study by the Economist showed that 10% of Americans now rank soccer as their favorite sport, making it the third most popular behind football and basketball and narrowly edging out America’s pastime, baseball.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
Ranking presidents is a popular pastime for historians and political scientists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
Despite this, exploring the catacombs was a popular Parisian pastime.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
L.A. is also where she filmed her latest movie, “The Dink,” an Apple TV comedy centered on one of her favorite pastimes: pickleball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
While we have counseled that speculating on earnings reports is gambling, it remains one of the most prevalent pastimes in the stock and options market.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
We still live in San Francisco in the house we bought in 1989, shopping mostly at the same stores and engaging in many of the same pastimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
With summers getting warmer and drier, you might imagine that the most British of pastimes - complaining about rain - could be under threat.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
Listening to people howl in misery is not among my favorite pastimes.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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