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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of idle.

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Examples

  • When the prairie droughts of the late 80s and early 90s ended and rains came to the Midwest, wetland basins in idled grass fields made excellent waterfowl nesting habitat and duck populations came back as well.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2009

  • When the prairie droughts of the late 80s and early 90s ended and rains came to the Midwest, wetland basins in idled grass fields made excellent waterfowl nesting habitat and duck populations came back as well.

    Saving Conservation Reserve Programs 2009

  • His sword idled by temporary peace, an ancient legend may yet gain him the Throne.

    Archive 2006-12-17 Miss Snark 2006

  • His sword idled by temporary peace, an ancient legend may yet gain him the Throne.

    12/17/2006 - 12/24/2006 Miss Snark 2006

  • His sword idled by temporary peace, an ancient legend may yet gain him the Throne.

    HH Com 236 (232) Miss Snark 2006

  • Borealis Carbon is a consortium of employee-owned-and-operated businesses anticipating reduced demand for their professional services from the forest industry, not "idled" mill or forestry operations workers.

    Tyee - Home 2009

  • For my money, however, the number of rigs that have become stacked -- oilfield for "idled"

    Fool.com: The Motley Fool 2009

  • It did in fact return many idled workers to the work force and created a good deal of useful infrastructure but that was then, this is now.

    Matthew Yglesias » Where is the Jobs Strategy? 2010

  • The infamous Jobs Bank that paid idled workers is gone, and with it lots of semi-idle factories that should have been shuttered years earlier.

    The Great Auto Restructuring Shows Signs of Success Paul Ingrassia 2011

  • More than 30 of Japan's 54 reactors were idled over the summer, causing electricity shortages amid the sweltering heat.

    New PM: Japan should aim to reduce nuclear power 2011

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