spare tire
Example Sentences
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The next morning, Sylvia finds him shivering and near-incoherent, sitting in a spare tire on the ground.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2024
“People don’t know how to change a spare tire, so they’re not going to do it anyway,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2023
Upon my arrival there, to my amazement, I found a gentleman, knelt down, almost finished mounting the spare tire.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2022
He said the truck’s left front tire, which was a spare tire, blew out before impact.
From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2022
In actual time, not over an hour elapsed before I had the spare tire on.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
