procrastinate
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In the Premier League, there can be a tendency to procrastinate, to over-think by dwelling on replays.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Anxiety paralysis is real, and people who procrastinate often are not lazy, but instead suffer from this all-too-common malady.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
They might procrastinate, struggle to finish projects or seem unable to manage basic tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
"We can't wait, we can't procrastinate," he said, adding that Gazans across the territory were living in an "inhumane situation".
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
There are those who procrastinate and have to hurry toward the end.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
I think he procrastinates because he either doesn’t want to run errands for his 93-year-old mother or else he needs to pick up his mail.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
She quickly regrets this, and can’t really handle the scope of the project, so she procrastinates for the entire semester.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
The musical eavesdrops on a choreographer as she procrastinates over a sad task in her garden and warily ponders the glamour and fuss of a lifetime achievement award.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
As he put it: “Everybody procrastinates, but not everyone is a procrastinator.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2021
When I do, he procrastinates or tells me to ask my grandmother.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
It’s one thing to study and write about later life; it’s quite another to live it and see things I wish I had done differently or, in particular, hadn’t procrastinated about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
In 2022, 17 years after the Rolling Stones released their most recent album of original songs, Mick Jagger decided the band had dithered and procrastinated long enough.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
There were managers available but they have dithered and procrastinated and paid the price for both.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2021
“I can tell you this: Bo Schembechler . . . he never sat on anything, he never procrastinated on anything. He took care of it before the sun went down. That’s the Bo Schembechler that I know.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2021
I had procrastinated for over a week in writing the paper, and it was due on Monday.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Nevertheless, many keep procrastinating right up until the six-month extension ends on Oct.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
“Say you’ve got donations in the back of your car and you keep procrastinating in dropping those off,” said AAA’s Diaz, “get that extra weight out of your vehicle.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
So Murderbot, instead of proactively going out on these adventures, is procrastinating.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025
Ron Delnevo, from the Payments Choice Alliance, said he was disappointed about the "procrastinating approach" of the committee.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025
“I told you to have this done yesterday. Stop procrastinating and get it done now.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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