spoils

Example Sentences

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Still, even as U.S. electricity generation is set to climb 1.4% this year and 2.5% next, the spoils will largely bypass coal, the EIA projects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 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

Beccuau said there was no sign the spoils had crossed the French border, but investigators were relying on contacts abroad to signal if something suspicious showed up.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

And ex-Nigeria midfielder Jon Obi Mikel said the miss "spoils everything Brahim Diaz has done well in this tournament".

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Eusie had given him the Hebrew name Maher Shalal Hashbaz, meaning appropriately enough, “hastening to the spoils, hurrying to the prey.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom