spared

Example Sentences

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They then talked their way into an assignment in Colorado training Special Forces soldiers to ski and climb mountains, a job that spared them from being sent to fight in Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Yet that neutrality has not spared Kfar Chouba and neighboring villages from attack.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

On a production like this, no second or cent can be spared.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Morgan analysts wrote in a recent note to clients, during periods of high market volatility, gold “is not spared from the sell-everything dynamic.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

But no amazement could be spared for a river, no matter how epic.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor