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  • present tense form of spoil (3rd person singular).
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spoils



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The announcement seemed to be yet another sign that the earliest supporters of Nvidia would not be sharing in the company’s spoils.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Food spoils because of a lack of refrigeration, and people can’t use air conditioning or fans as temperatures rise to the high 80s.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Should the 24k spoils of Kennedy’s monetization bother me so much?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Carter’s administration instituted the most sweeping reforms of the civil service since 1883’s Pendleton Act, which replaced the spoils system and created a professional, merit-based system.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

Once he laid eyes on our spoils, we had to explain everything.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon




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