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So we potentially have three trends colliding at once: Aging, plus GLP-1 weight loss, plus a growing willingness to spend on aesthetics.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
“I just have to finish this sketch and FedEx it off to Paris, then, how about you and I go out to lunch—and spend the rest of the day getting lost in Harrods?!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said he was “hoping that the president’s going to spend $100 or $200 million in Texas.”
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
In 2013, the couple purchased the Wild Oak Plantation, a 17,000-acre wildlife preserve in northeast Florida, where the Walters now spend most of their time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Albert Einstein once said that everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it would spend its whole life believing it’s stupid.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Like many teenagers, she spends about seven hours inside a school building without recess.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Washburn estimated that he currently spends roughly half his time touring, typically performing for between 2,000 and 5,000 fans, in order to fund his open-air exploits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The U.S. now spends $1 trillion yearly, or 15% of its total outlays, on interest expenses, which is more than it spends on healthcare or national defense, according to Treasury data.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
That Girl Mom currently spends about 20 hours a week watching Owens’ episodes, doing her own research and then filming the recap videos.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
She is by far the most attractive member of the family, yet she spends most of her time and money disguising herself beneath prosthetic humps and appliquéd skin diseases.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Seeking health insurance, and colleagues, while working as an independent consultant, Desai sent out over 200 applications and spent nine months interviewing before landing at a financial technology company five months ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Bartiromo spent more than two decades at CNBC, and when she moved to Fox in 2014 she brought that credibility with her.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
The Cayenne Electric team clearly spent a lot of its soundproofing coin around the wheel wells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
A Los Angeles County man will soon be freed from state prison where he spent 12 years after being wrongfully convicted of shooting two men in Lynwood in 2013, prosecutors said Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
She doesn’t say anything about how oatmeal raisin cookies are a missed opportunity to ingest chocolate or how long I just spent talking to Jonah or how I lost.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
“The parents learn the value of those interactions with their children. The importance of spending time truly talking, not just directive talk … but open-ended questions, using songs and rhymes, storytelling, descriptive language.”
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
“I was spending a lot of time here and thought, ‘Why am I paying rent for this whole other place when I’m here most of the time?’” says Nora.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Facing higher interest bills, households and businesses will cut back on spending and investment.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Thursday’s pact reaffirmed Blume’s key financial targets, including a huge reduction in capital spending and a 9% operating margin by 2030.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Cat wasn’t sure if fish were shy or stubborn, but some mornings she and Macon came away empty-handed, even after spending hours at the pier.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
