spend
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The cut-throat competition has fuelled a sprawling coaching industry where students spend years preparing, often at enormous financial cost for their families.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The president regularly speaks publicly about the ballroom and is known to spend time behind the scenes overseeing its design.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Rousseau added that she mourns the loss of convenience of being able to drive and spend time in the US, which can be much cheaper to visit than most overseas destinations due to sheer proximity.
From BBC ● 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
“We can spend our time searching for food.”
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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
Wilson said he spends around 30% of his time on technology, the majority of that is AI and quantum is still only a small sliver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"My landlord used to call me Peter Pan," said 61-year-old Martin James, a former cleaner, farmer and singer who now spends much of his time buying, creating and altering his collectables.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The fitness center is where he spends hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
She is by far the most attractive member of the family, yet she spends most of her time and money disguising herself beneath prosthetic humps and appliquéd skin diseases.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Hodge and the Sandia team spent the next six weeks on the project, reporting they’d found large numbers of noncitizens on Quiñones’ 2021 New Jersey list.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Commander Dave Lee, Royal Navy Parachute Display Team, spent the event parachuting into Pendennis Castle at the beginning of the eclipse.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Teenage athlete Dennis Castillo spent 28 excruciating hours trapped under the rubble in quake-hit Venezuela, with a beam crushing her left leg as she waited to be rescued.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Gutman spent 17 years at ABC News where he mostly reported from Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
After that, Clare had spent many days searching the woods for his missing companion, calling his name, even venturing so close to the human road that he could feel the unsettling whoosh of cars.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Why is Pelosi spending her time this way?
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 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
A British government report released last month predicts “major sources of pressure on public finances over the next 50 years” as social spending consumes an ever-growing share of GDP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
Drones, I have learned from spending time with Fly—my sample size of one—are prone to exaggeration.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
