spare

The court heard that Brandram's brother-in-law used a spare key provided by a neighbour and found the married banker in an upstairs room.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

By taking these steps, you’ll save money on taxes and spare your future self a major financial headache at a difficult time.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Water treatment and power plants struggle with ash contamination, equipment failures, lack of spare parts and overwhelming demand, disrupting essential medical and industrial processes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Nor is there provision for a spare tire under the rear cargo floor—there’s a bunch of batteries under there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Ella and Brigit ran the entire way to the Vision Tower, arriving without a minute to spare.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Incredibolt, trained by Riley Mott, at least spares the Preakness from not having a single graded-stakes winner in a two-turn race.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 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 planning application also includes public access along a circular walk, viewing areas, public toilets, spares to hire and restoration of the existing orchard.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

It spares the host from managing a revolving door of goodbyes, avoids disrupting the natural energy of the event and doesn’t encourage others to leave simply because they see you heading for the door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

And so each morning he spares her life in order to hear the end of the story.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

Christopher Rountree, Long Beach Opera’s music director, conducts an ensemble of nine, but often the instrumental textures are sparer than even those modest forces.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023

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

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

I am a kind old Christian, and no traitor to men’s blood, and no sparer of mine own in a friend’s jeopardy.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

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

Here’s Berlin’s great gift — or, one of them: the power to spark life on the page using the sparest of words.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2018

They understood each other, using the sparest words.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Suvorova and her mother were not spared such indignities.

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

It was dark and heavy and he tied it back with bookbinder’s twine and spared it very little thought.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Paramount expects to close the deal in about two weeks, mostly sparing it from ticking fees, people with knowledge of the timing said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

More than 90 percent of excess heat trapped by greenhouse gas emissions has been absorbed by the oceans, sparing land from warming but at severe cost to marine life, reefs and coastal communities.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 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

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

I caught the boy behind the clerk sparing a quick look at Ruth and me.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson