spare tire

Example Sentences

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For Black families on Route 66, the Green Book was as essential as a spare tire.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

No more flatbed, which Joe conceded was mostly pointless with the bulky spare tire filling it up.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

The next morning, Sylvia finds him shivering and near-incoherent, sitting in a spare tire on the ground.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2024

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted Thursday that water can accumulate in the spare tire wheel well and damage the fuel pump control unit.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2023

Lupita looked around her and saw nothing but a spare tire and some tools.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty