spat
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Appeared in the March 11, 2026, print edition as 'The Pentagon-Anthropic Spat Is Good for China'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Spat glue themselves to larger oysters and grow.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2021
John Spat riding his tractor all across Luke’s acres like there hadn’t ever been a Luke.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2020
Sprat Spat Mrs. Sprat: Consuming fat is where it’s at, and that is that.
From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2020
Every morning the stretcher-bearers brought Vize-Feldwebel Spat down to the dressing ward, and his appearance always introduced a certain chill in the atmosphere.
From The New Book of Martyrs by Simmonds, Florence
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