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Example sentences for: wasted

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The combination of a solid mandate at home with ripe regional conditions, and now also the renewed and energetic support of senior American and international leaders, creates a diplomatic and security base that must not be wasted."
Ross wasted no time exploiting Johnson's debt to him.
Fred Thompson suggested that the wasted dollars could add up when retiring baby boomers put increased pressure on Medicare and Social Security coffers.
Unfortunately, John Kennedy wasted his own life and the lives of two young and beautiful girls without thinking, This isn't worth the risk , when he knew it could be dangerous under such conditions.
Once the South Tower was hit, civilians on upper floors wasted time ascending the stairs instead of searching for a clear path down, when stairwell A was at least initially passable.