spare
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With cemeteries inaccessible during Sudan’s bloody civil war, residents of Khartoum resorted to burying their dead in just about any spare plot of land.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Sadly, A.I. did not even spare me from spending several hours thinking through and then writing this story.
From Slate • May 24, 2026
The current fleet of Hawk T1s - which have been flown by the Red Arrows since 1980 - is due to be retired in 2030, with spare parts less readily available.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Ahead of next winter, more work is needed to improve the coordination between central and local governments and to scale up the process of obtaining spare parts and systems, energy executives and analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
I went out the front door, locked it, and put the spare key to the deadbolt in my pocket.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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