spent

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By the end, the Sparks spent the game playing catch-up, never regaining the lead after surrendering it in the first 49 seconds to Johnson.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2026

In a March auction, ConocoPhillips, Repsol, Shell, Exxon and others spent a record-setting $164 million on drilling rights in the federal National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

The microfame experienced by influencers whose days are spent in algorithmic silos is fragile.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2026

She spent an extra day in North Carolina to miss the Sunday rush back to New York.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2026

Not all had been in concentration camps; some had spent two, three, even four years hidden in attic rooms and back closets here in Holland.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom