spend
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Getting to spend a lot of time in Mexico and falling completely in love with the country itself, I couldn’t express more love for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
So those are the guardrails to consider — spend between $10,000 and $15,000 a month.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Netflix has seen engagement—the amount of time people spend on the platform—slow and that is a concern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
In the meantime, the Chicago-born pontiff is expected to spend at least a few days recovering at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
And maybe a chance to spend more time with Dad.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Graduate student Megan Sweet, who studies biological sciences at Virginia Tech, spends much of her time preparing extremely thin slices of tumor tissue.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
The show, which can certainly be tense, spends more time on being funny than violent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
She now barely leaves home, for her own safety, and instead spends hours playing with her dog.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
And I don’t like the idea that my brother and I get equal inheritances while she spends 10 years doing unpaid care.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
And my shadow spends a lot of time walking in circles and staring into shop windows, pretending to look inside.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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She has spent decades fighting for the kind of political influence New York’s Muslim communities now have.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
“The remaining dependence is concentrated in a few critical areas,” said Franz-Stefan Gady, a Vienna-based military analyst and head of Gady Consulting who has spent long periods with Ukrainian forces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Guitarrica’s fortuitous relationship with music emerged from the time he spent during his formative years in his grandparents’ Spanish village of less than 100 people, Las Cuevas de Cañart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The episode began when Talarico spent nine days off the campaign trail recovering from a bout of the flu.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
So far, we’ve spent most of the time sharing videos of dogs doing cute things and discussing hairstyles.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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He said investors should focus on earnings forecasts, profitability, cash flow and commitments to AI spending.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
But she’ll have candy ready for trick-or-treaters in honor of sweet memories she has of spending time with her aunt on Halloween walking around the neighborhood or mall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Efficiency savings totaling one billion euros should meanwhile help expand the group’s profit margin, while allowing it to keep promotional spending at around 16% of net sales, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
"The main challenge is persistently weak domestic demand, particularly consumption and property investment, which additional infrastructure spending is unlikely to reverse quickly," she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
My parents are big on me spending time in the fresh air, for some reason.
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
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