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spartan

[spahr-tn] / ˈspɑr tn /


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The Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division side have played more than 60 games across all competitions, with 11 of those coming between 4 April and 4 May.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Precious metal futures finished lower, but they may not have much further to fall until finding a bottom, said Spartan Capital Securities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

“That’s relieving to the market,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

Ms. Rosenwein quotes the Spartan poet Tyrtaeus, summarizing his opinion that “when a white-haired man falls to the enemy, he is a ‘shameful sight,’ whereas a young man dead on the battlefield is beautiful.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The Mother Superior received her in her Spartan office, where there was an immense, bloody Christ on the wall and an incongruous spray of red roses on the table.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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