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spell

[spel] / spɛl /






VERB
give rest, relief
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After telling interviewers she wanted to play Grushenka in an adaptation of “The Brothers Karamazov,” they asked her if she could spell the character’s name.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

He was an old friend of Murrell and appointed him chief executive during his first spell as SNP leader in the early noughties.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

He joined AC Milan on loan in January after scoring just three goals in 29 appearances for the Hammers in an injury-troubled spell.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

But when I sat in the audience for these shows and fell immediately under the spell of their scores, I had a different answer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

It was as if they had all been frozen by some spell.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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