spare
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Spare a thought for those in the Northern Isles, Scotland, where it's only going to reach 13C.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
"Spare a thought for the Pacific Island nations at the end of a long supply chain, wondering if fuel still reaches them in the wake of such a severe disruption," she said.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Spare guitar chords give way to a female voice that sounds unpolished but beautiful: “I want to lay with you/ In an open field/ Where yellow flowers are suns of Earth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
They had a production deal at Netflix and another one at Spotify, and Harry secured millions of dollars to write his memoir, Spare, about a life in waiting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
“I’m Pixel Gibbons. Nice to meet you. Not often I get to talk to another Spare; we keep to ourselves mostly.”
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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