splurge
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And 12-step support groups, including Debtors Anonymous, provide a safe space to talk about your willingness to splurge.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
Her sculpture park, titled “sister dreamer lauren halsey’s architectural ode to tha surge n splurge of south central los angeles,” opens with a block party Saturday on the corner of Western Avenue and 76th Street.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Her daughter had no plans to splurge despite the long holiday.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
I was a party of one, but if I were cruising with my family and wanted a vacation splurge, I’d go the route of the Pennsylvania farmer I met.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
Even with the cold, by January we were all so rank that Mom decided it was time to splurge: We would go to the Laundromat.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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