spare
Example Sentences
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Authorities stressed that oil facilities were spared for now, but Iran warned that any future attacks on its energy assets would be met with retaliation.
From Salon
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
She spends her spare time catching up with friends for lunch, and going to college in the south of England, near her family home.
From BBC
From government ministers to village chiefs, no-one has been spared in Xi's campaign against "tigers and flies" - that is, both high-ranking elites and grassroots officials.
From BBC
The island is where Iran exports 90% of its crude oil, but the attack spared oil infrastructure “for reasons of decency,” he said on social media.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
