spent
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More than a decade later, former EBay chief Meg Whitman spent $144 million of her wealth on her bid to become California’s governor, setting a new national record for spending on a state election.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Mountcastle spent 24 years as a prosecutor in the Western District of Virginia.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
One of the country's leading experts in homes for unmarried mothers has spent months piecing together surviving records about St Monica's, which was run by the Church of England.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Investors spent years treating Chili’s like an aging casual-dining chain.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Most of my time, sleeping and waking, has been spent outside, in close contact with what we now call the environment, what my uncles used to call, simply, “the woods.”
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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