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Found weak and disheveled along the shoreline, the raptor believed to be nest cam star Jackie is receiving care while experts investigate what caused its decline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 both lost around 1%, while worries about runaway artificial-intelligence spending by big tech companies dragged the Nasdaq composite down more than 2%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Charli's new songs find her grappling with whether she can stay true to her pugnacious, subversive roots while enjoying commercial success and personal happiness.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

The World Bank's new five-year plan agreed with China focuses on delivering economic growth while also providing better jobs, social resilience and a low-carbon economy.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Jonah’s now laying flat on the floor, giggling while Maverick dances and wiggles all around and over him, licking his face whenever he lunges in close.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

Affable, placid Alicia whiled away her days in bed, playing with dolls in tents constructed from Mami’s sheets.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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

There seemed to be something basic or banal about whiling away hours in the gym.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2025

It tells the story of a count and countess whiling away their days in a secluded villa surrounded by a garden as a horde of rabble rousers approaches.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024

“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

Suddenly I realized that this unprofitable task of his was probably nothing more than a method of whiling away the early morning hours, much as other insomniacs do crossword puzzles.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt