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spell

[spel] / spɛl /






VERB
give rest, relief
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Even by mid-summer standards, the current hot spell would be significant - let alone for May.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

After telling interviewers she wanted to play Grushenka in an adaptation of “The Brothers Karamazov,” they asked her if she could spell the character’s name.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

He was an old friend of Murrell and appointed him chief executive during his first spell as SNP leader in the early noughties.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Under her spell, steel is transformed into supple leather, sagging vinyl, crinkled plastic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

A growl formed in the back of Cassiopeia’s throat, for she was proud of her name and could spell nearly all of it, too.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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