spend
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Cartier also has to spend heavily on advertising to ensure the brand is at the top of consumers’ minds when celebrating a special occasion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Leigh estimates they’ve spent about $17,000 so far and are about to spend another $15,000 on Meta advertising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Putting rates up makes borrowing more expensive, giving people and businesses less money to spend, reducing demand for goods and slowing price rises.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
They spend most of their lives far from shore, usually traveling in small groups and diving deep to hunt squid and fish.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
With these limited belongings, he ventures into the streets of Manila to find a place to spend the night.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the only franchise that spends in the same stratosphere as the Mets these days, but they have back-to-back titles to show for it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Overall, according to the Senior Citizens League’s 2025 Senior Survey, the median senior spends $401 to $600 a month on healthcare, while one in five spends $12,000 or more annually.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Marcos Rosa, an evangelical pastor who spends his days visiting remote Amazonian villages, said PIX hasn’t only made payments easier but also shrunk distances across the world’s biggest rainforest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
He added that his government has spent more than a billion dollars on wildland fire since 2018, and routinely spends more than the base budget allocated annually for firefighting based on need.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Even with recent improvements, infant mortality rates continue to be an embarrassment for a nation that spends more on health care than any other country in the world.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Guardiola has never managed in the country but speaks fluent Italian and spent two seasons playing in Serie A from 2001 to 2003, with two spells at Brescia and one at Roma.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Note: Inflation-adjusted calculations of dollars spent per win based on opening day payroll and a 162-game pace, all MLB teams since 2000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Leigh estimates they’ve spent about $17,000 so far and are about to spend another $15,000 on Meta advertising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
In those first ten months, £210m was spent on the scheme, less than the £245m budget.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
It felt like she was stealing time Dad should have spent with me and Celia, flaunting how close they were.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Cohen quickly took the franchise from middle-of-the-pack spending to breaking payroll records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
"A higher spending guide may still support chip demand, but it also raises questions about free cash flow, funding needs and how much of the future is already embedded in valuations," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
At Chelsea, they have needed to sell academy players under both the Roman Abramovich ownership and now Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital since 2022 to balance the substantial spending on new signings.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said California’s spending on in-home health services went up by more than double the national average over the last two fiscal years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
After spending the cold months at their southern wintering grounds, the geese were migrating back to their northern home.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
