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wasting away



ADJECTIVE
rotting
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Retirees can easily find themselves wasting away free time on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

The retired Canadian insurance adviser was 93, and "was wasting away" after a long battle with prostate cancer.

From Barron's Feb. 25, 2026

"There's no information. Everything along the chain has to be stopped, and then there are thousands of pounds worth of product that are just wasting away."

From BBC May 20, 2025

Then, after his own son becomes collateral damage, Season 2 finds the devastated former judge in prison, not talking or eating — just wasting away.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2023

I love her dearly, but I can't live with her for a day without feeling my whole life is wasting away.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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