as in spent
to use up carelessly
fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet
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In 1992, Pau spent a year traveling to New York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles on an Asian Cultural Council grant.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026 -
Bark-Huss spent the night in Paller’s lab with electrodes on her head.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Sad memories of last year — when Wooten lost a tiebreaker in her state championship singles match to hand Palmetto the title — are all but erased.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Thompsons lost their mother to a heart attack in January 2023, according to TMZ.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Giants got a gift run against Meyer in the second when shortstop Otto Lopez threw away a potential double-play ball hit by Arraez.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Then Reed Sheppard threw away the ensuing inbound pass, leading directly to a tying 3 from LeBron James.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Its final show was a two-venue collaboration with Parker Gallery for the late California artist Wally Hedrick, which ran through April 4.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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But the arc — first raising expectations for a big reveal, then declaring there was nothing to see, and ultimately a forced, flawed document dump — was a stubbornly problematic storyline that ran through her time as attorney general.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Fiddled away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiddled%20away. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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