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While Johnson’s case has idled, Arbery’s killers have been convicted and sentenced in state and federal courts.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2022

Russia has idled about 30% of its refining capacity due to sanctions, according to Reuters estimates.

From Reuters • May 31, 2022

Christopher Dye, an infectious disease expert at the University of Oxford, says his lab has idled much of its normal research.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 17, 2020

Murray, who has idled and fretted for 11 months trying to fix a left hip injury that has plagued him for at least eight years, returns in hope as much as expectation.

From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2018

I have tried to be a locksmith, to gain more; but when one from his infancy has idled on the river and in the woods, one can't do anything else; it is done for life.

From Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Sue, Eugène