spare
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We thought the new Lakers’ regime would get to work without a second to spare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Uefa was able to allocate them a spare dressing room, normally used by the officials, to give them more space and the same as Villa.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Its patients in Africa hadn’t a spare dollar, so giving it away cost almost nothing and bought something no marketing budget could: nearly 40 years of goodwill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
After nearly half a century in space, the Voyagers now have extremely limited power to spare.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
“I can hire a buggy on my own and spare you the trouble.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Airlines are forced to fly older planes for longer and need to keep buying spares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Overall, the spares business has ballooned to about 23% of Howmet’s revenue, up from 11% in 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Incredibolt, trained by Riley Mott, at least spares the Preakness from not having a single graded-stakes winner in a two-turn race.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
The pope will arrive by helicopter, a diplomatic subtlety that spares him from landing on French soil without actually visiting France.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
She slipped in, found the rack of spares, grabbed two bungee jackets, and was out in less than a minute.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
Some, I’ve looked at them, and I saw that I want to put more things on the front too,” he continues, looking specifically at one of the sparer pieces near the front of the gallery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
But something different, sparer and clever is happening with “Enter Ghost,” thanks to Hammad’s adaptation of a Western play.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2023
Both Churchill and Zelenskyy inspired with their rhetoric, though Churchill’s words were more grandiose, while the Ukrainian leader’s message is sparer and more direct.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
It’s written, like her last novel, the furious and gorgeous climate-crisis allegory “A Children’s Bible,” in sparer, less busy prose.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
Assuredly the royal clemency had been ill-rewarded; the Knights had displayed a singular form of gratitude to the sparer of their lives; they had devoted themselves to him, indeed, but devoted themselves to his destruction.
From The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Stanley Lane-Poole
The softer light makes even the sparest of holiday décor feel homier.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
It is not the city’s fanciest, or its sparest.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2022
He’s known to demand only the sparest detail in his briefings, and his workdays frequently include hours watching cable news and posting on Twitter.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2020
Here’s Berlin’s great gift — or, one of them: the power to spark life on the page using the sparest of words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2018
They understood each other, using the sparest words.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
But after being spared execution each time, he went on to be regarded as the longest serving prisoner in the US before dying in June at 101 years old.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“With no expense spared, this property boasts luxury quality construction, with grand scale and volume throughout, flooded with fresh air and brilliant Southern California sunlight,” the description states.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Regeneron folded the gesture into a broader bargain this year that spared the company steep tariffs and eased terms on its other drugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Jeselnik believes his stage persona spared him from that particular crisis of self.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Those who were spared death by disease faced death by famine.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Cogan also said Zamabda deserved credit for sparing the government the difficulty and cost of going to trial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
In justifying the repeal of its former rule, the SEC argued that repeal made negotiating settlements easier and cheaper — thus, sparing the SEC’s scarce resources.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Host Greg Davies also said he hoped Celia Imrie wasn't feeling too relaxed, not sparing her blushes as he reminded her of the moment when she accidentally farted during filming, a moment which went viral.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
While a package sparing Spirit may benefit consumers, the potential solution has sparked blowback.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Bill Ferny’s poor old pony was developing an unexpected talent for picking out a path, and for sparing its rider as many jolts as possible.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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