spare
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I was expecting a spare space with nothing more than a mirror and ballet barre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Zemian, who had also been uncuffed, started digging through the SUV, collecting spare tactical vests, then propped them underneath the agent’s head.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The character's story begins when he becomes bound to the Spirit of Vengeance Zarathos after making a deal with villain Mephisto to spare his surrogate father, giving him superpowers.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Lower oil futures would support that inventory-replenishment cycle and the need to rebuild spare capacity.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
I stared at my heavy brown boots and wiggled my toes in all the spare room I had in there.
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
"It spares no-one, dead or alive," said Ajith Sunghay, local head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
From BBC ● May 10, 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
It spares the host from managing a revolving door of goodbyes, avoids disrupting the natural energy of the event and doesn’t encourage others to leave simply because they see you heading for the door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
In case of error they can’t be uploaded like the whole Boston curriculum—there are no spares in case one is lost.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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
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
And her life of Penelope Fitzgerald is shorter and sparer than the others — like Fitzgerald, who was elusive and a little mysterious, a great writer of concealment.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2021
The collection and staging were sparer and less eccentric than his usual fare.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 22, 2019
Rousseau70 asserted this long ago, taking his facts from Buffon, who attributed the fact to the sparer and poorer fare of the country folk.
From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden
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
In hard-hit areas like Le Porge, experts say insects will have perished en masse and larger creatures from toads to lizards will not have been spared either.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
About 40,000 of BMW's roughly 85,000 permanent German employees would receive the offers from October, the source said, adding that production line workers would be spared the cuts.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The vineyards, which are mainly located to the east of Bordeaux, were largely spared by the fire, which is mainly burning through pine forests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Camels are famously known as the ships of the desert, but even these hardy animals are not being spared from the extremes of rising temperatures in Africa.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
If he could have had a fragment of mesarthium to experiment on in his laboratory, he would have been spared these late-night outings, this risk of discovery.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has a pleasant surprise for dozens of New York City landlords: He is sparing them from his proposed rent freeze this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 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
Are we better off just paying the debt completely now, and sparing the house?
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
And we pledge ourselves to strive together, sparing nothing of our strength and courage, until the democratic changes here set out have been won.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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