spoilsport
Example Sentences
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And rains play a spoilsport here as well.
From BBC
For days, northern California newspapers kicked around fierce, spoilsport claims.
From Seattle Times
Never mind the spoilsport who defines college as “those magical seven years between high school and your first warehouse job.”
From Washington Post
ERB Inc. scrupulously guards the still-lucrative legacy of this outsized — only spoilsports would say outdated — out-and-out genius of popular genre fiction.
From Los Angeles Times
But rising interest rates and fears of a recession may play spoilsport in an industry where most vehicle purchases are financed with loans, analysts say.
From Reuters
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