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Derided during construction as a doomed waste of money, the Erie Canal paid off its bonds from tolls in one year.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
At £6million, a big fee then, Pires was the classic waste of money.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
The pair argue that finding and studying pathogens that could cause outbreaks, then stockpiling vaccines against them, is a waste of money.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2025
But the West has criticized it as a waste of money by the Kremlin and potentially a major environmental risk due to a nuclear mini-reactor that powers the engine that could be greatly unreliable.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 27 Oct. 2025
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
At £6million, a big fee then, Pires was the classic waste of money.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
The pair argue that finding and studying pathogens that could cause outbreaks, then stockpiling vaccines against them, is a waste of money.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2025
But the West has criticized it as a waste of money by the Kremlin and potentially a major environmental risk due to a nuclear mini-reactor that powers the engine that could be greatly unreliable.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Waste of money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20of%20money. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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