waste
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It’s going to be a waste of time.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Organisers said the amount of waste collected shows that there's a lot of work to do, and the team will now support regular dives throughout the year.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
"Polymer source material is abundantly available from consumer waste, and our catalyst system, aluminum molten salts, is very cheap," Qiu said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Much of the rubbish includes everyday waste, such as plastic packaging, bottles, cans, polystyrene and takeaway rubbish.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
I’m curious, but I’ve got no time to waste, so I shove the stack of papers aside.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
It just wastes the strategy — and your money.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
His 13 league goals for Brighton last season came from 12.5 expected goals, a steady return that reflects a striker who finishes at expectation and rarely wastes chances.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
“Remake” has a tragic tale to tell and director Ross McElwee wastes no time revealing its grieving heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Once she’s plugged in, charged and becomes sentient like the rest of the toys in Bonnie’s room, Lily wastes no time shaking things up.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
On the battlements of their castle at Camelot, during an interval of peace between the two Gaelic Wars, the young king of England was standing with his tutor, looking across the purple wastes of evening.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
PHILADELPHIA—Ed Sheeran wasted no time in addressing the controversy that has engulfed his tour when he took the stage at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
While Genghis may have been the most skilled chief among his Mongol contemporaries, his skills would have been wasted if he had been born 20 years earlier, or 200 miles to the south.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the age of busyness, it’s easy to worry that even a moment wasted could transform into a pile of stress, and money lost.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
She bowled Ireland captain Lewis with a nip-backer before Prendergast wasted her solid start before holing out to deep mid-wicket for 25 off Mady Villiers.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
It struck me that his hand looked wasted like his face.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
"Just no point in me travelling, wasting my time while I'm getting booed," said Littler.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Without collecting race and ethnicity data in the census, these estimates could not be produced, needlessly wasting resources and endangering lives.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
When he emerged from the bush 18 days later, he was charged with wasting police resources.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
“The more time I’m spending wasting their time, they’re probably not out there trying to look for other people,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
“I’m not wasting the entire year without a boyfriend,” Audrey said.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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