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splurge

[splurj] / splɜrdʒ /


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Arsenal are keen to recruit a midfielder, left-winger and striker, but we should expect a sharper focus on outgoings after last year's £250m splurge.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

And yes, sometimes that means recommending specialty ingredients genuinely worthy of a relative splurge: the good vanilla, candied citrus, Kewpie over the bottom-shelf mayonnaise.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Unfortunately, their neighbors did not take the advice of the aforementioned adviser and continued to splurge on extravagant vacations and drive around in the latest-model car.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

So in a way, it made sense that the Rams would be the ones to splurge on him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

I pull some money out, thinking I might splurge on a long-distance call.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz




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