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Home builders are often willing to expend significant effort to recover costs from their subcontractors because defending themselves is enormously expensive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Ktown for All was harmed by having to expend resources replenishing the seized items, it alleged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

And — perhaps most importantly — how much energy do you actually have to expend?

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026

Privately funded science can be controversial, but OceanX notes that its research is all publicly accessible, and it partners with government and institutions often unable to expend their limited resources on marine science.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

There would be so many more in the coming days, she was sure, that she couldn’t expend her energy on her sisters, on hot dogs.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

A worm expends a vast amount of energy to jump and faces risks of predation or drying out while suspended in the air.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025

Currently the Mexican government expends significant resources to patrol its own southern border, not to mention dealing with the many potential migrants who gather in its northern cities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

These refer to one-sided relationships where one party expends an overt amount of time, emotional energy and money on another whom they are fascinated with, but who may not know they exist.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024

A smart water heater monitors usage and expends energy more efficiently, and you can control and check them from your phone.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

Some have considered that person wanting in good will to his fellows who expends upon his own comfort more than his neighbors can afford.

From Rural Health and Welfare by George Thompson Fairchild

She’s expended so much of it on others that she has none left for herself.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Cancian and Park, who have updated their April assessment, said in an interview Sunday that they now estimate that at least 1,500 Patriot interceptors have been expended since the war with Iran began.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

In truth, despite the considerable effort expended by law enforcement, the investigation went cold nearly as soon as it began.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

The Pentagon currently estimates the fiscal cost of the war so far at around $29 billion, mostly reflecting expended munitions.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

We estimated that on a rich day, when we had little sense of energy expended, each of us had lifted four to ten tons of rock.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

A behind-the-scenes teaser trailer boasts of expending 25 tons of propane to create a realistic approximation of dragon fire and setting a new world record for setting stunt performers on fire in a single take.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

Investors are largely wasting their time when expending significant time and resources to find stocks they think will outperform the market — unless they hold these stocks for many years.

From MarketWatch ● May 30, 2026

And the effort worth expending on collecting evidence depends on the importance of the decision—something Sutherland rates on a scale of 1 to 7.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

This boost to revenue and tourism, the government argues, justifies the resources it is expending.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026

Even when weapons of war are not actually destroyed, their manufacture is still a convenient way of expending labor power without producing anything that can be consumed.

From "1984" by George Orwell