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Example sentences for: squandering

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Republicans accused Democrats of squandering military resources on a foolish war.
Between 1521 and 1556, he went to war with France four times, squandering the riches of the Americas on endless military campaigns.
Nor has the fun we all had sneering at England's squandering its North Sea oil windfall in the '70s and '80s kept the Republican Party from proposing to give away the budget surplus to their rich constituents.
are betting that the public will blame the president, not Congress, for squandering the money he has insisted be saved to shore up Social Security.
The Giuliani administration has dispensed more than $2 billion in tax breaks and electrical subsidies to 50 large corporations, squandering public money and shifting the tax burden to smaller companies.