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Cameron Brink led the Sparks with 14 points and seven rebounds, while Ogwumike had 11 points, six rebounds and five assists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Norman also went on to die in 1976, while one of her sisters, Gladys, also became a centenarian, living until she was 104.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Forti said the veto-wielding nations -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- might wait until later to express their preferences, while new contenders could emerge.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
DeepSeek showed the Chinese industry a viable path to boost model performance while easing the demands on chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Legendary stood out in yellow, while the rest of the words buzzed in green, all against a black backdrop.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
During the pandemic, he whiled away lockdown by rising early and chronicling nature’s progress in more than 100 pictures on an iPad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Taking a Greyhound bus back to Palo Alto, Lesh whiled away a few years rooming with Constanten and working at the post office as he composed classical music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
The family said their "quiet and uncomplaining" mother, severely disabled by her stroke, had whiled away her days in a general care unit, and the specialist support she needed had barely begun.
From BBC ● May 29, 2024
Once that set ended, Zverev left the court for a medical timeout, and Alcaraz whiled away the time by twirling his racket as if it were a baton.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
Harry, Bill, and Mrs. Weasley whiled away the afternoon with a long walk around the castle, and then returned to the Great Hall for the evening feast.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Since their arrival in Kinshasa, a megacity of more than 17 million people, the 15 South American migrants have been whiling away their time in a complex near the airport.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
We were both whiling away the pandemic in Amagansett—a tiny Long Island beach town most people pass through on their way to Montauk—and I promised to teach her how to surf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2025
“Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit” isn’t precisely a song about whiling away the hours on a beach but the mellow groove certainly feels like it was designed to soundtrack a peaceful afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
Another photo is of me and my brother as kids, playing cards aboard a moving train, whiling away the time as we whiled away thousands of hours: together.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Moose blew the exam by whiling away his time instead of studying.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
