31.   The Mets have wasted several opportunities to revive their season, and blowing out a bad team does not represent much.

32.   The Mets repeatedly wasted scoring opportunities in the early innings, stranding eight runners in the first five innings.

33.   The Rangers finally tagged Astacio for a run in the fifth inning to tie the score, but wasted their opportunity for a bigger inning.

34.   The Titans twice wasted great opportunities to score.

35.   The tribal leaders did not waste their opportunity.

36.   The Yankees were in a trance all evening against Paul Abbott and then against Jeff Nelson, wasting opportunities and letting chances melt.

37.   They rushed and rushed, hastily wasting each opportunity.

38.   They should not waste this opportunity to put international muscle behind their rhetoric on punishing international crimes.

39.   They would waste more opportunities before finally capitalizing in overtime.

40.   They fought constantly, with Ben wasting no opportunity to belittle or stifle his wife.