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spare

adjective as in extra, reserve

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adjective as in thin; sparse

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verb as in do or manage without

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verb as in forgive; have mercy upon

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Her unbeaten 37 off 29 deliveries guided her side home with three balls to spare.

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Hogg, who joined Exeter from Glasgow in 2019, was spared jail time when sentenced in Selkirk Sheriff Court in January and was instead ordered to complete a community payback order with one year of supervision.

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The Three Lions would qualify for next summer's World Cup with two matches to spare by beating Latvia.

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Perry had retired earlier in her innings with cramp but came back to finish the job and whacked a six off Rana to get Australia over the line with six balls to spare.

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Defending champions Australia chased down a mammoth 331 to beat India by three wickets with an over to spare in a pulsating Women's World Cup clash in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.

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

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