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The victory by eight wickets was concluded with 62 balls to spare - the most for England in a home T20 international.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Karim Fawaz, executive director at S&P Global Energy, warned in the analysis that “Inventories are low, spare refining capacity is scarce, and seasonal demand is about to strengthen at exactly the wrong moment.”

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Iran imports industrial machinery, electronics and automotive spare parts from China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Every bit helps, but here’s not a lot of spare refining capacity with refineries in Russia and in the Middle East offline.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Grandma senses that and says, “This is a major decision. You can spare a few hours to make sure you’re making the right one.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The novel spares none of the details of this formative excursion, winningly capturing the singalongs and relay races, the mountain hikes and mess-hall protocols.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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

The move spares the concerts-and-ticketing giant from the threat of its business being broken up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

That, in turn, spares those jurisdictions from going through the more cumbersome process of auctioning off the vehicles, backers of the bill said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026

Hideo spares me by leaning toward the table.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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

In this cosmos of text, the white squiggles become sparer at the outskirts, like stars at the edge of a galaxy.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 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

They are mostly of a light complexion, with an appearance of health and strength, though of a sparer make than the people of the more southern British isles.

From Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America by William Cullen Bryant

The softer light makes even the sparest of holiday décor feel homier.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

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

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

Johnson was spared by a single vote in the Senate.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

The war, now well into its fifth year, has not spared Ukraine's wine industry, located in the west like Zakarpattia but also in the east or in the south around Odesa.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

After the Atlas fire destroyed the Signorello family’s winery in 2017 but spared the 40 acres of vines they owned, owner Ray Signorello Jr. pledged to rebuild.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

If a larger trial is successful, it could mean tens of thousands of patients a year are spared these tests.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Did Mother not realize what she had been spared?

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

Cogan also said Zamabda deserved credit for sparing the government the difficulty and cost of going to trial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

In justifying the repeal of its former rule, the SEC argued that repeal made negotiating settlements easier and cheaper — thus, sparing the SEC’s scarce resources.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

Host Greg Davies also said he hoped Celia Imrie wasn't feeling too relaxed, not sparing her blushes as he reminded her of the moment when she accidentally farted during filming, a moment which went viral.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

There are advantages to not being there: At home, you have instant replay, closeups, announcers providing a stream of information, or Mr. Tucci sparing you the plane flight and calories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Fortunately my quiver has caught in the crook of my elbow, sparing both itself and my shoulder, and my bow is locked in my grasp.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins