spoils

Example Sentences

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Speaking to military officials on Tuesday, he said the attack on Saudi Arabia "spoils sincere efforts to resolve the conflict through peaceful means".

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

They are often stored in the refrigerator, which spoils their texture and reduces their flavor, regardless of variety.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Nuveen will take the spoils instead, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The Democratic Unionist Party won the subsequent poll, eventually taking the spoils by going into government with Sinn Fein.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

We returned to the schooner with our spoils, as we feared that the owner of the place even then sought out his neighbors to repulse us.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson