spare
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Volunteer Lou Shackleton said there was still a core group of individuals who gave up their spare time to monitor and recover nurdles on local beach.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
DRS found a tiny inside edge and, reprieved, he watched Rauf belt debutant Henry Crocombe down the ground for the winning boundary with 17 balls to spare.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Gund was at its own crossroads when Steve and his older brother, Rich—now the company’s chairman and chief operating officer—joined full time in the early 1990s, helping make spare parts for generators and other components.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
In February 2025, the company filed for bankruptcy, leaving its customer base — mostly in California — without vehicle warranties, a limited supply of spare parts and additional costs for maintenance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Bubbe’s bedroom is at the front of the house; the bathroom’s at the back with a spare room in between.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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In addition to the F-35s themselves, the agreement also covers "initial spares, 10 years of modification kits and sustainment, and international customer orders," Lockheed said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Buying has a certain appeal: It spares you from paying rent and allows you to benefit if housing prices increase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The adopted plan also spares, at least for now, changes to the Mesa Linda golf course at the city-owned Costa Mesa Country Club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
She set up the shed to sell any spares.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
So naming a price — one that spares possible enemies — angers them.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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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
During Hailstork’s piece — structured as a Black American history lesson given by a character named Toil — I felt that some sparer moments were less than ideally balanced in the auditorium.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 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
In this cosmos of text, the white squiggles become sparer at the outskirts, like stars at the edge of a galaxy.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
Numisia Maximilla was much like an older Manlia, but sparer and of markedly haughty bearing and carriage.
From The Unwilling Vestal by Edward Lucas White
The softer light makes even the sparest of holiday décor feel homier.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
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
She painted that too, in one of her sparest and most modern pictures: a red hand and forearm lost in a sea of black, interrupted by a shaft of white suggesting an absent god.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 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
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Contacted by The Times on Thursday, Niemi seemed stunned that David was spared from prosecution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
I had invited them into my apartment expecting an awkward demonstration, but the work was remarkably thorough and spared me from having to do it myself.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Even if private creditors were spared, rating agencies might consider cancellation of central bank holdings a “selective default.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Alireza Sepahi was arrested in the wake of Iran's January protests, was spared public execution in July after suffering a heart attack and married his fiancee on the eve of his death.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
No expense had been spared by the Afghan community to construct the majestic building.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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What’s unsurprising about Chuck Lorre’s memoir: He dishes, and without sparing anyone, including himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
We weren’t exactly sparing the horses on the drive route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
With your home in Illinois paid off and a cash purchase in Florida, you’re largely sparing your monthly budget, but not completely.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
The tech giant said it had “never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly” as it lifted prices by as much as 25% on key items, while sparing increases for its signature iPhone.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
It is good that I have been sparing in my speech with her.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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