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Late in 1949 the Navy decided that its research plane had loafed long enough, and had collected all the data it could at the lower limits of supersonic flight.

From Time Magazine Archive

Putney had loafed about the Calderville post-office and made purchases in several shops to learn if possible whether Carey's purpose in establishing himself in the woods was known to the villagers.

From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Nicholson, Meredith

It was me put up the game, and if Mr. Robert had loafed another half an hour at the club like he usually does, there wouldn't have been any mix up.

From Torchy by Brehm, George

He told of his solution of the puzzle, and said to his astonished but delighted parents that he had loafed around long enough and that he had determined to take hold and do things.

From What You Can Do With Your Will Power by Conwell, Russell H.

Surely not this Seth Appleby but a twin of his, a weak-kneed inferior twin, had loafed in Tompkins Square and wavered through the New York slums, longing for something to do.

From The Innocents A Story for Lovers by Lewis, Sinclair