spare
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Spare a thought for whoever records the audiobook.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
"Spare a thought for the Pacific Island nations at the end of a long supply chain, wondering if fuel still reaches them in the wake of such a severe disruption," she said.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Spare guitar chords give way to a female voice that sounds unpolished but beautiful: “I want to lay with you/ In an open field/ Where yellow flowers are suns of Earth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
That was the same year as his no-holds-barred memoir Spare and a year after the Harry and Meghan Netflix documentary, both bristling with controversial views on the Royal Family.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026
Soon there’d be an article about her, about being a Spare, about invoking the impossible task.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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