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[wol-oh] / ˈwɒl oʊ /




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They don’t wallow in their regrets, but both Harry and Ben are the kinds of guys who have been around, or been dragged around, the track a few times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“But you can’t wallow in grief while you’re actively caregiving. I’d never get anything done. You soldier on.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

Arsenal are fresh from Champions League final heartbreak but there is no time to wallow.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

Maria’s mother warned her about Arlene, but she refuses to wallow in regret.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Angelo told me to head for a wallow in a grassy opening at the bottom of a ravine.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

With Luis dead, she wallows in visions of him, one of which is the man-sized bird.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Chris messes up, he wallows, he does his best to make things right and they don’t always wrap up neatly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2024

While the bison do help keep back some of the invasive grasses, Dennhardt explains that they create wallows and cause erosion.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 18, 2024

Large herbivores such as Cape buffalo and red deer make temporary pools by creating wallows, which also interrupt wildfires.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 9, 2023

In comparison to theirs, our raft wallows dangerously low, its inflated sides loose and sagging.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Ten-year yields wallowed around 3.77% following a 28 basis point decline since last Friday, when it reached an eight-month high at 4.094%.

From Reuters ● Jul. 14, 2023

Jordan and his cronies have wallowed in both.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

Streep and Corden wallowed in Broadway cliches, sometimes deliciously, every now and again riotously, but rarely if ever with truthful originality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022

As for Ephron, she'd turn to potatoes — her carb of choice — when life got sharp around the edges, and wallowed in a bowl of buttery mashed comfort.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2022

The trauma of having found employment had affected his valve negatively, and he was waiting until the warm water in which he wallowed like a pink hippopotamus had a calming effect upon his system.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

A former Biden Cabinet secretary, state attorney general and longtime congressman from Los Angeles, Becerra had been wallowing in the low single-digits in public opinion polls less than three months ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Of course, some anger and frustration will come out during these talks, but long-term wallowing and ruminating on perceived unfairness can be more damaging than the layoff itself.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026

Results are decent, and there is a rising cash balance, but the stock price is wallowing at less than half its 2007 high.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

But the American supporters weren’t wallowing in silence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025

He’d hurt too much to do anything after that, and had spent most of the day on a bench on the outskirts of the Deadheads, wallowing in despair.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner


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