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[spent] / spɛnt /


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“We look forward to engaging with the Committee and its members about the systems and processes that we have spent years building,” Kalshi added.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The 28-year-old spent five minutes with the host broadcaster for an on-camera interview before a 10-minute news conference with written reporters.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

In the same quarter a year earlier, Nvidia spent just $649 million on purchases of nonmarketable equity securities.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

He spent three years on the junior varsity team waiting and grinding before getting his chance to start on varsity this season.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 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




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