go to waste
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"Never let a good crisis go to waste," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
To paraphrase some anonymous wag, never let a cross-cultural calamity go to waste.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
The results suggest that tyrannosaurs did not let resources go to waste.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
So is there a sweet spot, somewhere between voting in haste and having your ballot go to waste?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
That night, a woman upstairs begged her to accept a bag of frozen meats and vegetables, because she was moving the next day, and she hated to see good food go to waste.
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
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