sparing

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In December, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge granted her diversion due to mental health issues, sparing her potential jail time.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

During the first weeks of Russia’s Starlink outage, Ukraine was able to push the Russians back from the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia, the regional capital, sparing the city from assaults from most artillery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

It addresses her two biggest complaints by sparing immigrants from an “irreparable injury” while setting the stage for a fully fleshed-out opinion on the merits in June.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

"Here its just material damage, money can fix it all. There, money can't fix life", he said, sparing a thought for the members of his community who lost relatives.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

Human involvement can easily explain why the wave of extinction obliterated the terrestrial megafauna of Australia while sparing that of the nearby oceans.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari