squander

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That said, plenty of families have adult children who may be tempted to squander a large sum of money and/or even fall prey to other bad actors in their lives.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

I could be a crank and say I can’t wait for baseball to squander this momentum, or I could savor the sport-saving caffeine of the pitch clock and the Fall Classic’s screaming return from near-irrelevance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Mali dominated much of the Group A encounter but saw El Bilal Toure squander a penalty late in the first half at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

They had two chances to seal victory with penalties of their own and managed to squander both.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

Very few of these stars are of the massive short-lived variety that squander their reserves of thermonuclear fuel.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan