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splurge

[splurj] / splɜrdʒ /


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But we can wonder if it was a poor decision by the Dodgers, with all of their top-flight minor league outfield prospects, to splurge so steeply?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

The Times reports that the government will conduct a "borrowing splurge in bid to boost economy".

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

After an initial splurge on travel and entertainment, retirees are often lulled into a sense of complacency because their spending tends to decrease during the first decade after leaving the workforce.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Those restaurants serve elevated fare with price tags to match, but you don’t have to splurge on tasting menus to eat well.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

"Let's go celebrate! We'll splurge at a restaurant! Fish and chips, my family?"

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

A lack of updating, rising mall rents and splurges on new businesses weakened its business until it declared bankruptcy in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Are you one of those travelers who splurges on premium cabins?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Marcel Thieliant at Capital Economics added that he did not expect Takaichi to embark on any new major spending splurges or tax cuts.

From Barron's Feb. 9, 2026

You can also put some more effort into bargain hunting when it comes to splurges like those soccer jerseys you mentioned.

From MarketWatch Oct. 31, 2025

Hence it is that most histories are mere registers of names and dates, dull or highly-colored hackneyed splurges of print giving no insight into actual conditions.

From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Gustavus Myers

They splurged on their honeymoon to Australia, flying business and booking a private helicopter tour of the Great Ocean Road.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Knocking on for £40m - maybe more - has been splurged on transfer and loan fees.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2026

The Dodgers also splurged in December by signing former New York Mets pitcher Edwin Diaz to a $69 million three-year deal, making him the highest paid closer in baseball.

From Barron's Jan. 23, 2026

Consumers splurged this last holiday season, enticed by good deals even as they worried about growth and inflation.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 7, 2026

We didn’t have access to the dance rooms at school over winter break, and we were really sick of the cardboard boxes we’d used on weekends, so we splurged on an upgrade.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

In Scottish terms, Rangers' American owners have spent colossal money, splurging tens of millions on the creation of a team, and an environment, that can win a league and do something in Europe.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

It’s also unclear why she chose a five-star resort for the splurging, given her discomfort with everything from the menu on down.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Average Chinese aren’t splurging much these days with the economy in the doldrums.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Sure, some attendees may be splurging thousands on a single ticket, but others are getting nothing at all, even after traveling across international borders for games.

From Slate Jun. 24, 2026

She did not want to be the only one splurging.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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