spared

Example Sentences

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For now, thanks to De Zerbi's inspiration and the failings of other clubs, Spurs are spared a day of reckoning.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Microsoft, OpenAI's largest backer with $13 billion committed, was also spared.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Operations at the Port of Long Beach aren’t totally spared from the impacts of the global oil shortage, however, Chief Executive Noel Hacegaba said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

And soon I’d learn something even more sobering: If this technology had been around three decades ago, it might have spared my mom a surgery and some treatments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

“Nor, if you were, could I ever bear to part with you, my Harriet. You are a great deal too necessary at Hartfield to be spared to Abbey-Mill.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen