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spoil

[spoil] / spɔɪl /




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I’m very satisfied with the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y. One-pedal driving, superb handling, confident acceleration and excellent stopping power if needed spoil you.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Rain and clouds were forecast to spoil the occasion in the Westfjords region of northwestern Iceland, while Reykjavik, the capital, was set to experience its first total eclipse since 1433.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

For Jeff Edwards, the last child to be pulled alive from his classroom when a colliery spoil tip struck a primary school in Aberfan, the physical injuries healed but the psychological scars never did.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

“I don’t want to spoil anything,” he says carefully, “but I can’t wait for people to see what Harrenhal has in store for him.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

“Don’t get panicky, or you’ll do something foolish and spoil everything.”

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

The spoils of the most dynamic companies on earth are spread among schoolteachers and retirees.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Yet it’s hard to see the spoils of an AI-driven economy trickling down to everyone.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

Ironically, the easiest way to fund his plans would be to draw on the spoils of faster growth.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

While the nation tries to figure it out, Austin is reaping the spoils of its housing overhaul.

From Barron's May 31, 2026

“She spoils me, I know. It makes me feel so guilty. Javi this, Javi that.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

This is a remix of the lecture supposedly spoiled millennials, who refused to sacrifice every small pleasure on the altar of homeownership, heard for years about $7 lattes.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

Workers have cleared out and sanitized the eastern freezer, which was largely destroyed in the fire and filled with spoiled food and charred debris.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

David Matias Rodriguez, an 82-year-old retiree, said he was worried the few things in his refrigerator would be spoiled.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

For a long time, he was the player who beat your favorite player, who spoiled the Sundays of the Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal superfans, and it gave him a certain notoriousness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

He was spoiled and rude and reminded Danny a little of the Garner twins.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

"We've been too spoilt in the UK … In other less fortunate countries we wouldn't have a choice."

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Defender Victor Lindelof and back-up goalkeepers Tom Heaton and Altay Bayindir were the only other players on the bench so, unless Ten Hag was planning a sensational David James-style substitution, he wasn't spoilt for choice.

From BBC Oct. 4, 2024

If you're spoilt for choice with high quality new releases, you're "eatin' good".

From BBC Sep. 6, 2024

He also revealed that about 5% of the ballots cast were "invalid", or spoilt.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2024

If you know your heart sorry, I say, that mean it not quite as spoilt as you think Anyhow, he say, you know how it is.

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker

During Monday’s carpet, Valkyrae asked Lacy to name his favorite character from the movie “without spoiling anything,” according to video shared on social media.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

"Very uncomfortable to say the least. Really spoiling our cruise and the crew are trying to laugh it away."

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

Without spoiling the season’s outcome, I’ll just say that line is a guarantee of satisfaction even though we know this is the last serving we going to get.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

Her father tries to make up for the time he has missed by spoiling the children.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

But they were spoiling, rotting from the outside in, like a pair of peaches in the sun.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli




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