spared
Example Sentences
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Regeneron folded the gesture into a broader bargain this year that spared the company steep tariffs and eased terms on its other drugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
She added: "Thousands of young seabirds have been spared from a brutal death because NatureScot chose to follow the evidence rather than simply rubber-stamp another licence to kill."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Still, the West End hasn’t been spared the squeeze as rising costs outpace inflation and compress profit margins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
About 40,000 of BMW's roughly 85,000 permanent German employees would receive the offers from October, the source said, adding that production line workers would be spared the cuts.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Understood the most important thing—that he had indeed been spared.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
