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spin out

[spin-out] / ˈspɪnˌaʊt /












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“Spider-Man” star Tom Holland won’t spin out too many details about his under-the-radar wedding with Zendaya, except that it’s already happened.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

The calamities each couple faces spin out into a web of favors and coercion in this tale of broken systems and characters going to great lengths to get what they want.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

Cheveley said an option could be to spin out only Glencore’s thermal-coal operations, and keep pits that produce metallurgical coal, used in steelmaking.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 27, 2026

A day after worries about the U.S. banking system threatened to spin out of control, the market took a deep breath.

From Barron's Oct. 18, 2025

In the spirit of their shipboard con game, they continued to spin out false histories for themselves, inventing brothers and sisters with plausible names, cousins with moral shortcomings, in-laws with facial tics.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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