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Argentina's devastated fans, many of whom could not afford the luxury they chose to lavish upon themselves by making the trip to Moscow, must demand a complete overhaul of the national team.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2018

I wish to win her love by the attentions which I shall lavish upon her.

From The Barber of Paris by Kock, Charles Paul de

But what was there in their presence to draw down the maledictions of the padre, which he continued to lavish upon them most unsparingly?

From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne

You hover and brood over it like a lover and lavish upon it the wealth of uncounted hours.

From Modern American Prose Selections by Rees, Byron J. (Byron Johnson)

The splendour that you in Europe restrict to princes, we in our country lavish upon the humblest American citizen.

From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant




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