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It was as though he wanted to have the vast spoils of the world all for himself.

From Vox

When Jones County Confederates tried to steer a corn-filled wagon through the county en route to Mobile, Alabama, Newton and his fellow soldiers opened fire and took the wagon as spoils.

From Ozy

The problem is that the spoils from technology-driven productivity gains have not been shared equally.

Later, laaities in town would cross blocks to crowd into living rooms where we sat in front of the machines of more fortunate sons, garlanded in their spoils and praise as we cracked consoles our parents couldn’t afford.

Connected TVs are streaming more video than ever to people in Europe and Samsung wants a share of the spoils.

From Digiday

Rico Finally Paid: its easy fast money money and im welling to spoil you to def .

Of course I dismissed him for the day, and of course I paid him for the full time, that being the way we spoil our models.

So in episode five—not to spoil anything—Cohle gives one of his metaphysical addresses.

At these wellness retreats, the staff will kick your butt—and then spoil you silly.

There are other ways in which the shutdown can spoil the holiday season – for retailers and workers.

She says she ain't going to spoil her children by sparing rods when our 'upper lot' is full of 'em.

If only we could obtain running powers to Limerick and carry them back to Ireland, we should have secured some of the spoil.

Thy riches and thy treasures I will give unto spoil for nothing, because of all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

A soiled bonnet cap, untidy strings, or torn gloves and collar will utterly spoil the prettiest costume.

They were rowing down the channel of the wider portion of the creek towards Isabel's landing, their boat filled with spoil.

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On this page you'll find 231 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spoil, such as: destroy, devastate, harm, impair, mar, and tarnish.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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