pastime
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In the El Nuevo Día story, which published in March, Díaz is quoted talking about cockfighting, saying it was a pastime he’d followed since he was a child.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Watching these A.I. edits became a pastime for her friend group; they’d share the videos at school and at sleepovers.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
Rubinstein remembers how people who were fond of cross-country skiing – a very popular pastime in winter in Russia – used to take their radios with them out of town, where there were fewer jammers.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
By now, board games were a nostalgia lifeline, an intergenerational pastime that brought people together and reminded them of times before the war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
The boy should have picked a different pastime than hunting hogs at night.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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