spend
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On July 22 the European Council approved Britain’s participation, letting Kyiv spend the funds directly with British defense manufacturers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The salary cap limits what teams can spend on player payroll to ensure parity and prevent the wealthiest teams from outspending smaller-market teams to acquire the best players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Investments could drastically change the ultimate amount a person has to spend over the rest of their lifetime, especially as Americans are living longer and spending two or even three or more decades in retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
"Even to the point that she could sometimes forget about herself because she would spend so much time giving to people, visiting people and supporting people."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Near the first anniversary of Pickie’s death, Horace invited the Fox entourage, which included Mother and Calvin, to spend a few late summer days in Turtle Bay.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
He spends a lot of time outside gardening and working on his cars and can seemingly sense whenever a neighbor is having car trouble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
A two-hour drive west of Havana, in rural Consolacion del Sur, the picture is much the same for farmer Fidel Maqueira, who spends his nights guarding his oxen against theft.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
These traditional measures include how much time someone spends in different stages of sleep and how efficiently they remain asleep during the night.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
He’s a loner who spends his days monitoring crime from his high-tech redoubt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Camel spends his days hidden behind the trunks, lying on blankets that Walter and I arrange to cushion his ruined body from the floor.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Rather than leave the Westlake neighborhood, the owners spent months fundraising and searching for another location before settling on 1403 W. 3rd St., about a half-mile from the original location.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Michel Platini, Marco van Basten, Lothar Matthaus and Zinedine Zidane all spent some of the finest years of their careers in Italy.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The two could avoid scandal inside the church, since they were just praying side by side and studying the Bible, so they spent more time there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
People increasingly spent time with colleagues who shared their language or nationality.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Even in history and maths, where we’re in the same set, I’ve started doing what she’s spent weeks doing to me – pretending she doesn’t exist.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
IBM lost $69 billion in value in a single day in July after it issued a profit warning as customer spending shifted from software to AI hardware.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
One of the most notable findings was that spending more time near other crew members was not consistently linked to better social outcomes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Premier League clubs have unrivalled collective spending power and England's top flight is widely regarded as the strongest domestic competition in world football, but attracting established Ballon d'Or contenders has proved difficult.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The heavy spending has taken a toll on Alphabet, as the company’s free-cash-flow levels turned negative in the second quarter — a first in Alphabet’s public history.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
It means having to stand in front of the guilt that I’ve stuffed down, the guilt I feel for not spending more time with Grandma when she was alive.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
