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Buttler hit two fours and six sixes, finishing alongside Tim Seifert, who struck 62 from 36 balls as Super Giants successfully reached their target of 156 with 31 balls to spare.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Tomato already knows butter from ghee-rich curries, grilled cheese dipped in tomato soup and Marcella Hazan’s famously spare sauce.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

That evolving attitude is reflected in his decision to spare Kanbei’s life, although the change of heart worries his troops, who believe he will be perceived as weak in Oda’s eyes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Lower oil futures would support that inventory-replenishment cycle and the need to rebuild spare capacity.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

“I thought I could spare thirty minutes for my only child. Let’s sit.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

That is the same form of leniency that prosecutors granted to Alibaba and EagleBank, which requires them to admit wrongdoing but spares them from being charged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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

She said the court should hand down a “narrow” decision that spares her client.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 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

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

Undiagnosed dyslexia drew him to play scripts: sparer texts, meant to be spoken aloud.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2022

The collection and staging were sparer and less eccentric than his usual fare.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 22, 2019

He looked sparer, more wizened and sinewy than ever as he stooped to open the sideboard.

From The Return by De la Mare, Walter

It is not the city’s fanciest, or its sparest.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2022

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

Inside each is only the sparest of personal belongings: pots, plates and cups, a bag or two of clothes and a plastic mat to sleep on.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 25, 2017

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

Still, the West End hasn’t been spared the squeeze as rising costs outpace inflation and compress profit margins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

In hard-hit areas like Le Porge, experts say insects will have perished en masse and larger creatures from toads to lizards will not have been spared either.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

However, several key exports will be spared, such as energy, potash, critical minerals and fish.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Perez’s only request to the court was that Zambada be spared the fate of El Chapo, who is serving out his life sentence under strict isolation at a federal supermax prison in Colorado.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

So Aureliano and Amaranta Úrsula accepted the version of the basket, not because they believed it, but because it spared them their terror.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The tech giant said it had “never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly” as it lifted prices by as much as 25% on key items, while sparing increases for its signature iPhone.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 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

It can be broken into hydrogen and oxygen to produce rocket fuel, sparing tomorrow’s explorers the need to carry enough for the trip home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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

The new spur enabled Garfield's train to move up to the cottage's porch, sparing him a wagon ride over rough roads.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow