splurge
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The Times reports that the government will conduct a "borrowing splurge in bid to boost economy".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The company’s all-out splurge is running into higher costs, borrowing constraints and investor pushback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
After an initial splurge on travel and entertainment, retirees are often lulled into a sense of complacency because their spending tends to decrease during the first decade after leaving the workforce.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
She’s 25 and unemployed, and it’s unclear at first how she acquired the funds to splurge on an on-site cottage with a pool, 90-minute massages, and various forced-fun adventures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
When Southside had a payday for his carpentry work, he’d sometimes splurge and buy himself a new album.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
A lack of updating, rising mall rents and splurges on new businesses weakened its business until it declared bankruptcy in 2014.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Despite the sticker shock, therapists and financial experts say such splurges could be worth it, as long as it’s something you can afford and it holds significant value for you.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
Marcel Thieliant at Capital Economics added that he did not expect Takaichi to embark on any new major spending splurges or tax cuts.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
People are spending vigorously for the season, but some are making trade-offs to buy gifts and other holiday splurges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
No, it wa’n’t either of them festive splurges she had in mind.
From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Ford, Sewell
Na has splurged on concert tickets, fancy clothes and dinners for her parents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Knocking on for £40m - maybe more - has been splurged on transfer and loan fees.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
The Dodgers also splurged in December by signing former New York Mets pitcher Edwin Diaz to a $69 million three-year deal, making him the highest paid closer in baseball.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Stomach gnawing and hands slightly shaky, I loaded up on ephemera for fancy paninis, held together with swipes of giardiniera mayo, and splurged on some pastel-hued botanical sodas for drinking straight from the can.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
We were feeling upset, so we splurged on a trip to the diner.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
Clearly, many moviegoers seem to think “Spider-Man” and “The Odyssey” are worth splurging on an Imax ticket.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
In Scottish terms, Rangers' American owners have spent colossal money, splurging tens of millions on the creation of a team, and an environment, that can win a league and do something in Europe.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
It’s also unclear why she chose a five-star resort for the splurging, given her discomfort with everything from the menu on down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Average Chinese aren’t splurging much these days with the economy in the doldrums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
She did not want to be the only one splurging.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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