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whilst

[hwahylst, wahylst] / ʰwaɪlst, waɪlst /


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By curving his run, Amad cuts off the passing angle to PSG's wide player whilst applying pressure to Axel Koukaba.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Through the new EP, I wanted to showcase a new side of myself whilst incorporating my signature vocals.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Speaking in central London, Polanksi said higher temperatures were posing a "threat to our way of life" on multiple fronts, whilst footage of wildfires across Europe were "frankly apocalyptic".

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

In 2023, $1.8trn was given to mitigation, whilst adaptation did not secure even 5% of that – it scraped $65bn globally.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The cap’n was doing the ’zact same thing, ’cept that Ma hadn’t wanted no one to see her chests, whilst the cap’n didn’t want no one to see his rickets.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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