spend
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A few club members who relocated to South Florida or spend time there lined up to shake Bezos’ hand, including real-estate magnate Richard LeFrak and businessman Eddie Lampert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Truscott and his wife decided to spend that money in Canada instead – the Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, to be exact.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
But she warned: "Even with lower spending on gas in July, consumers weren't eager to spend elsewhere."
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Last week, Lineage said it expected to spend $80 million to $100 million on the cleanup, including steps to mitigate the smell and the vermin drawn to the site and surrounding neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
I thought of all those lovely dollars she could peel off and spend at the store.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Paris Match described Macron's vacation as "work-focused," noting that an office has been set up and that "the president spends his days on the phone."
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
But that wouldn’t be much of a movie, so the family spends nearly the entire saga wandering around the neighborhood, looking for the dog and finding mayhem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The family typically spends a little over a month each year in Europe, and having residency in a local country would make travel simpler and allow them to stay for longer periods of time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The United States spends much more on actual medical care, Cohen said, in terms of curing illnesses — but much less on preventative care.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
She still sleeps a lot, but spends time awake praying and singing her songs softly.
From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani
Bella Ramsey spent many teenage years working with adults so never really went through the moody, rebellious phase often associated with being a teenager.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The newly appointed president has declared an "economic emergency" and spent the week visiting quake-hit cities, promising rent subsidies to those who lost their homes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Alex Cooper, the pregnant podcast host and entrepreneur, spent her weekend buying out people’s online baby registries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Gutman spent 17 years at ABC News where he mostly reported from Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
One glance at Betsie’s pallid face and fragile form, and the matron waved her contemptuously back inside the barracks where the elderly and infirm spent the day sewing prison uniforms.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
A construction boom, due in part to government spending on infrastructure, has also boosted employment, while about 12 million people are employed as gig workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
They now only cross the border occasionally to pick up their mail and come back, Rousseau said, avoiding spending any money while there.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
He said that Meta’s potential to generate new revenue streams through enterprise deals could help offset concerns about the company’s heavy AI spending.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
In a July earnings presentation, Co-CEO Greg Peters reminded analysts of the market opportunity for games, with $150 billion in consumer spending not including ad revenue or markets in China and Russia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
That meant spending the whole day just here on my own with nothing to do.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
