fiddle away

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Recent Examples of fiddle away Her positive pablum came too late to stop critics from casting her as a modern-day Nero, the emperor who supposedly fiddled away as Rome burned. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025 Her positive pablum came too late to stop critics from casting her as a modern-day Nero, the emperor who supposedly fiddled away as Rome burned. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiddle away
Verb
  • Prosecutors allege that one of the defendants and other co-conspirators spent three days on-site scouting an international jewelry show in San Mateo, Calif., including making multiple calls to each other, to plan the robbery.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 18 June 2025
  • Rempe is spending this summer training in the New York area.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Most Americans, even many who support Trump, do not want to throw away the guardrails of our constitutional system.
    Kristina Becvar, Twin Cities, 25 June 2025
  • The problem is worst in affluent countries like the U.S., where more than two hundred pounds of food per person get thrown away each year.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • The shuttle begins July 1 and runs through Labor Day.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2025
  • The agreement between the two entities runs through the remainder of the 2025 season, which at the time of writing, includes races in Lago Maggiore, Monaco, Lagos, and Miami.
    Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Los Angeles County, which stood to lose nearly $20 million in annual federal HIV prevention funding, was looking at terminating contracts with 39 providers.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • The New Zealand team Auckland City began the Club World Cup as the tournament’s fall guys, losing 10-0 against the German champions Bayern Munich, but by the end of the group stage, the semi-professional outfit earned respect by holding Boca Juniors to a draw.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 27 June 2025

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“Fiddle away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiddle%20away. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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