spared

Example Sentences

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And soon I’d learn something even more sobering: If this technology had been around three decades ago, it might have spared my mom a surgery and some treatments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Nigeria has not been spared from high prices, even though the country's massive Dangote refinery has increased production of jet fuel, according to Kpler data reviewed by AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Red on one side, black on the other — a rare two-colored lobster is spared the kettle.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Tuczemskyi considers his partner a hero and is grateful for the maternal instinct that spared his family even more heartache.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

There was something so raw about the sound of it that it made me wish, with everything in me, that I could have spared my little sister— and all of us—this pain and fear.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo