spare
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At least one of Tomlin’s former players is astonished that he was able to construct a sprawling “Minecraft” community in the limited spare time enjoyed by an NFL head coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Earlier, Abdul Samad smashed an unbeaten 30 off 15 balls as Pakistan beat Bangladesh with nine balls to spare in a semi-final reduced to 13 overs by a wet outfield.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
I just had to buy a car, which stung, but every other spare dollar goes toward stacking.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
She theorizes that an overhaul would spare people already receiving benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
“What if the reason Dad fixed up the spare room and Mom is cleaning everything is because they’re going to sell our house and move to a new one?”
From "Mystery Map (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #3)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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
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
“While nothing can undo the loss of Zayde, this resolution spares his loved ones from having to relive these horrific events through a lengthy and painful jury trial.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 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
Still, Mom spares a glance from the kitchen at me and my project.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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
Though its sparer instrumentation deviates from the futuristic electronic synthesis of “Running Up That Hill,” it shares in the song’s openness and wonder, in its enlightened feeling of breaking through.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
The collection and staging were sparer and less eccentric than his usual fare.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 22, 2019
He looked still again perceptibly older, his face continued to grow sparer of flesh, emphasizing the aggressively bony structure of his head.
From Linda Condon by Joseph Hergesheimer
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
Inside each is only the sparest of personal belongings: pots, plates and cups, a bag or two of clothes and a plastic mat to sleep on.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 25, 2017
Ideally, they’ll have only the sparest of answers to cling to as they sort out the aftermath themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2017
They understood each other, using the sparest words.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Every piece of hardware is being deployed, no expense spared.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Even his own teammates haven’t been spared his flare-ups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Suvorova and her mother were not spared such indignities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Johnson was spared by a single vote in the Senate.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
Each extravaganza is expected to surpass its predecessors; no expense is spared.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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
The magistrate called the incident "a single act of stupidity or frustration" when sparing him a criminal record.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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
When the sound had stopped, I knew it was safe, and I made my way, sparing my right foot, back to the cave.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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