1
as in delayed
to move or act slowly
don't dillydally on the way to the store
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2
as in hacked (around)
to spend time doing nothing
restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying
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The trial had been set to start this week but was delayed until next February.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2026 -
The hearings have been delayed by litigation, though, including over who should prosecute the cases going forward.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Though Ducharme never had to miss extended time in her redshirt senior year, the impacts of the head and neck injuries lingered.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
15 Apr. 2026
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My worries lingered but co-existed with the calm.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Officers poked a hole in the bag and found the elder Ordonez's body.—
Annasofia Scheve,
San Antonio Express-News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Back in February 2025, Duff poked fun at her daughter Mae, mixing some mischief in her Valentine's Day post.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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Studies have shown how lead particles that fell to the ground were kicked back up into the air again where people could inhale them, along with other contaminants.—
Armin Sorooshian,
The Conversation,
16 Mar. 2026
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Cher’s adult son Elijah Blue Allman busted into a New Hampshire home over the weekend, and then kicked back on the couch with a cigarette, police said.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The officer grabbed me and said 'you're arrested,' and just put me in handcuffs and drug and dragged me out.—
Mahsa Saeidi,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Baker, still by himself, grabbed Rivera’s bulletproof vest and dragged her to the first-floor lobby, where he was met by other responding Chicago Police Department officers.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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The bird is then brined, chilled for about 24 hours, and rotated in a specialty rotisserie oven.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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To start, make sure your wine is very chilled.—
Jerry & Krista Slater,
AJC.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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Margot, who works for a social-media platform called Kino and shares a New Orleans apartment with her bestie, Ryan (Aaron Holliday), has only just crawled out of a dark period and doesn’t require much to teeter back in.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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As a toddler, Gabriela crawled about the UCLA clubhouse at reunions.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
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Their aim initially appeared to be avoiding an embarrassing score but Rajasthan relaxed and Kolkata took its chance.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Mary Janes are one of spring’s trendiest shoe styles, and this take on the classic look is relaxed, comfortable, and effortlessly chic.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Dillydallied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dillydallied. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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