spared

Example Sentences

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That stunning play in the bottom of the ninth inning didn’t just save Game 7 of the World Series, it also spared Pages’ reputation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Morgan analysts wrote in a recent note to clients, during periods of high market volatility, gold “is not spared from the sell-everything dynamic.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Authorities stressed that oil facilities were spared for now, but Iran warned that any future attacks on its energy assets would be met with retaliation.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

From government ministers to village chiefs, no-one has been spared in Xi's campaign against "tigers and flies" - that is, both high-ranking elites and grassroots officials.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

There was something so raw about the sound of it that it made me wish, with everything in me, that I could have spared my little sister— and all of us—this pain and fear.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo