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spoil

[spoil] / spɔɪl /




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Thank you to those of you who trusted us to not spoil your mornings, coming to iPlayer or the BBC Football YouTube channel every day for our eight-minute highlight packages.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgiy Tykhy said Wednesday that Kyiv hoped the row would not spoil the summit.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Like Vito Corleone, I have a sentimental weakness for my children and I spoil them.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Intermittent power in some areas returns for as little as 45 minutes a day, causing food to spoil in the scorching heat.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

I didn’t want to spoil it by having a fight.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

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

From Barron's May 31, 2026

It’s extraordinary what these guys did, but I won’t say so much because it spoils the magic.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

“You can pay top dollar and get fruit that spoils on arrival.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

Without the spoils of war, money to pay the troops came out of Cleopatra’s treasury and is own pocket.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

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

And then I got a little verklempt: We have never been this spoiled for choice.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

However they remain concerned about biohazards potentially posed by spoiled food.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

If there was one subject which engaged her energies even more completely than modern clothing it was spoiled food.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The contributor wrote that they had seen a rise in "spoilt" children with "demanding behaviour due to overindulgent parenting".

From BBC Dec. 4, 2025

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

“We are spoilt for choice. We like our meat as meat, and our fish as fish.”

From BBC Sep. 6, 2024

Former Newcastle striker Alan Shearer posted on X: "A superb battling away performance from every single player. Shouldn't be spoilt by a disgusting decision."

From BBC Nov. 28, 2023

My afternoon had spoilt me for the hours that still remained, and I thought how long they would seem until my bed-time, how empty too my supper all alone.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

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

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

HBO has asked journalists to refrain from spoiling specific jokes, revealing certain gags, or mentioning guest stars that haven’t been announced or confirmed in photos.

From Salon Jun. 26, 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

The roof, Raabe said, is resting on the 600-foot-long, 50-foot-tall racks that hold the 85 million pounds of food that are burning and spoiling inside, posing a danger to anyone who’d go in.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

Next problem I got to solve, though, is how to keep all this stuff from spoiling in the July heat.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor




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