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Unlike the BMW plant, Volvo’s factory near Charleston has lots of spare capacity that the Swedish company is eager to fill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

At least one of Tomlin’s former players is astonished that he was able to construct a sprawling “Minecraft” community in the limited spare time enjoyed by an NFL head coach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Earlier, Abdul Samad smashed an unbeaten 30 off 15 balls as Pakistan beat Bangladesh with nine balls to spare in a semi-final reduced to 13 overs by a wet outfield.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

So it’s true that there’s not much room to spare.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

I slipped through the door of the simulation room with less than ten seconds to spare.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Being carless also spares us inflation in maintenance and insurance, and we can’t drive to malls and their inflated temptations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Buying has a certain appeal: It spares you from paying rent and allows you to benefit if housing prices increase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The adopted plan also spares, at least for now, changes to the Mesa Linda golf course at the city-owned Costa Mesa Country Club.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

"It spares no-one, dead or alive," said Ajith Sunghay, local head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

“Yeah, Dad, the Marine Corps spares no expense on those I.D. photographs. It must cost them at least a nickel for every million dependents they take pictures of,” Ben said.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

But something different, sparer and clever is happening with “Enter Ghost,” thanks to Hammad’s adaptation of a Western play.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2023

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

Miriam was astonished to find her brother looking at least ten years older than when she last saw him; he was much sparer in body, had duller eyes and, it seemed to her, thinner hair.

From The Emancipated by George Gissing

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

From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

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

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

The test, which is used by doctors to diagnose which type of tumour a patient has, should mean patients can start treatment including radiotherapy and chemotherapy sooner, and are spared weeks of uncertainty.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

“No one is spared here,” said Bob Hart, chief executive of TruAmerica Multifamily Investments, who is working through his own pile of short-term apartment debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

Beans, instead of being relieved that his arm was spared, said, “Let’s find him,” and trotted off after his own Treatment.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

We weren’t exactly sparing the horses on the drive route.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 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

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

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

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson