spared

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Red on one side, black on the other — a rare two-colored lobster is spared the kettle.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

The harsh measures have not spared Cuba's tourism sector, usually its second-biggest source of foreign currency and an employer of over 300,000 people.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Tuczemskyi considers his partner a hero and is grateful for the maternal instinct that spared his family even more heartache.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

They then talked their way into an assignment in Colorado training Special Forces soldiers to ski and climb mountains, a job that spared them from being sent to fight in Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

If the Army Corps of Engineers had had its foolish way, I’d have been swimming back to my car now, and I was grateful at least to be spared that.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson