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[spoil] / spɔɪl /




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Plus, Nasdaq slumps as AI doubts spoil SK Hynix’s big U.S. debut.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Relying on a trailer would be a disservice to your soul, not to mention that watching it would spoil a couple of key comedic bits and cameos that are best seen within their intended context.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

On how Fifa handled the U-turn, he said: "It's rubbish. There's no thought about anybody travelling to the game... they don't care if they spoil it for everybody".

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

As for this edition of FuelFest, Walker and Gibson said they didn’t want to spoil all of the surprises, but here are six things to know before you head to the event.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

It did not spoil his birthday, as it did not spoil his father’s lap, but it changed those things so they did not feel quite as good as before.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

Ironically, the easiest way to fund his plans would be to draw on the spoils of faster growth.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

While the nation tries to figure it out, Austin is reaping the spoils of its housing overhaul.

From Barron's May 31, 2026

The announcement seemed to be yet another sign that the earliest supporters of Nvidia would not be sharing in the company’s spoils.

From MarketWatch May 23, 2026

It’s extraordinary what these guys did, but I won’t say so much because it spoils the magic.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

“Food spoils quickly in our climate!” he insisted, turning the dial to near freezing.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

And Max spoiled some good pitches and then got a pitch in his wheelhouse and put a good swing on it.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

David Matias Rodriguez, an 82-year-old retiree, said he was worried the few things in his refrigerator would be spoiled.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

For a long time, he was the player who beat your favorite player, who spoiled the Sundays of the Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal superfans, and it gave him a certain notoriousness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, BBC DJ Sara Cox's husband had the result spoiled by cheering neighbours - after deciding to sleep downstairs so as not to disturb his wife ahead of her Radio 2 debut on Monday.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

His return from retirement had been spoiled by Romero.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

If you're spoilt for choice with high quality new releases, you're "eatin' good".

From BBC Sep. 6, 2024

"When I was a child I was very spoilt by my parents. I was oblivious to the outside world," she told the Guardian in 2020.

From BBC Apr. 2, 2024

He also revealed that about 5% of the ballots cast were "invalid", or spoilt.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2024

People living in a block of flats said Christmas had been spoilt as they cannot have a plastic tree in their foyer unless a caretaker is present.

From BBC Dec. 13, 2023

In any case, we weren’t exactly spoilt for choice.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

I can just see Lionel Messi spoiling our party.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

"Very uncomfortable to say the least. Really spoiling our cruise and the crew are trying to laugh it away."

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

The potential biohazard posed by millions of pounds of spoiling food is a concern, Kleinman said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2026

Without spoiling whether they find it by the time the show concluded in 2009, let’s say that our too-prevalent denial of climate change’s existence lends a grim accuracy to a late series twist.

From Salon May 5, 2026

This was the way, the very slow way, that our conversations were spoiling.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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