squander

"This is how you squander the future and trust."

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

But then comes the disappointment as Croatia equalise, before we take the lead again only to squander it and go in at half time with the match evenly poised at 2-2.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

After losing in straight sets to Rishvanth Krishna from Irvine University in last year’s final, Huarte was not about to squander his second chance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

India must not squander money trying to beat OpenAI or DeepSeek, officials say, but should instead find cost-effective ways to deploy AI usefully and build an AI-services business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

“Why else would such security be necessary? It is a great honor to be made Messenger, and I hope you will not squander it.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Carrie-Anne Moss of “The Matrix” makes for an ideal veteran Jedi, but in its first misstep, “The Acolyte” squanders that opportunity right out of the gate, setting viewers up for disappointment.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

Bud Wiggins is the hot-commodity-of-the-moment screenwriter and is advanced money for a screenplay, which he impulsively squanders, and yet his screenplay is never made into movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

Trym knows too well how the human touch squanders a wild animal’s dignity.

From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2022

Food waste not only squanders natural resources, money and effort, it degrades the environment.

From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2022

He is mixed up with everything, he takes hold of everything--he squanders the money--is fond of luxury--' 'Oh!

From Count Br?hl by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski

Others said the industry squandered its chance to close the deal earlier in the year, before any of those forces gathered steam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

For a company that has owned a pioneering AI lab since 2014 and has proclaimed itself “AI-first” since 2016, Google seems to have squandered an early lead, experts say.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

Fritz squandered a pair of match points at 40-15 and gave himself another with a booming forehand.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Kevin Takeuchi and Andrew Lamb hit solo home runs for the Trojans in the fourth and fifth innings, but the Trojans squandered scoring opportunities with runners in scoring position in the seventh and ninth innings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

They had sold their junk and already squandered the pennies.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

For now, he keeps squandering his Marvel breaks on whiffs like “Cherry” and “Uncharted.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

I can definitely understand why there might not be, let’s say, a surplus of empathy for a privileged young man carelessly and repeatedly squandering his expensive education.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

However, in the tie-break, Sinner upped his first serves and after squandering the first of two set points, an Alcaraz double fault gave him the initiative in the match.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

We are squandering that advantage arguing about whether to peel guardrails off jail-breakable systems and blacklisting the companies that build them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

That’s settler life for you, I spose, not much time for niceties and it’s easy to sink to the level of people who revel in squandering their manners.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness