spend
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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
More sanguine investors have noted that new competition from overseas doesn’t eliminate the need for companies to continue to spend billions to support the AI build-out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
If I study and spend hours working on something, I can make it happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
He’s uniquely responsible for ushering in an age of barbarism and will spend the rest of his life making amends in the fallen world he helped create.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
It must be that they have learned to understand human dumps—where they spend a great deal of time foraging.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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
The U.K., meanwhile, spends roughly £18 billion a year subsidizing rents for low-income families in London, according to the CPS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
But because he is already serving two consecutive life sentences for related crimes, it will not alter the amount of time he spends in prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
“No, I certainly will not be bringing him. Thing spends his Saturdays skulking up trees or hiding down holes.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
They were also asked how much of their workday they spent sitting.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
After two deployments, Desma, a single mother of three, wonders whether the two years she spent overseas took her away from her son for too long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Since then, they’ve spent $3.7 million on their four-bedroom, six-bathroom, 4,962-square-foot “treasure,” as Wallace Neff historian and Realtor Brett Parsons calls it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Bhatia, who spent 18 seasons with the west Londoners, will transfer his ownership of the club to majority owner Ruben Gnanalingam.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Had his mother spent the rest of her life searching for him?
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
The Meta chief has deftly translated AI into better ad sales, but needs to go much further with the technology to justify huge spending on it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
This year’s budget calls for spending $20.6 billion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Thanks for spending part of your evening with me.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
"We've probably underinvested in the last decade and now we're trying to catch up so there's quite a lot of spending," says Frankie Mayo, an energy analyst from Ember Energy.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
He’s been spending more and more time back at the bar, so I guess he’s pretty comfortable with our arrangement.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
