spared
Example Sentences
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He writes about the January 2025 fire that spared his parents’ home but destroyed so many others, along with native vegetation and lovingly planted gardens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Matheus Cunha's deflected last-minute equaliser spared Manchester United more misery after Lisandro Martinez's own goal had threatened to give Fulham victory at Craven Cottage.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
He was senior enough to be spared the airline’s furloughs, but he enrolled in an executive M.B.A. program and considered leaving for a career on Wall Street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Johnson was spared by a single vote in the Senate.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
For supper they had the same thing along with whatever could be spared from the dining-room.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
