spared
Example Sentences
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The Ellisons have been spared a prolonged legal ordeal to make even harder the job of keeping up two sprawling studio facilities located in the high-cost Los Angeles area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
President Donald Trump in April re-posted a claim on X by a pro-Israel youth activist in the United States that eight women faced death by hanging, with the US leader urging them to be spared.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
He writes about the January 2025 fire that spared his parents’ home but destroyed so many others, along with native vegetation and lovingly planted gardens.
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
But it also provoked a volley of new questions: If Moni’s illness was genetic, then why had his father and sister been spared?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
