spoil
Example Sentences
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Medicines can stop pain, fight cancer and save lives but are worthless if they get lost in the mail, spoil in a hot warehouse or are stuck on a ship.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
I won’t spoil how the play proceeds but it doesn’t so much conclude as combust.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
"I told Noel and Liam: 'If I give the sign, there's a reason to stop the show. It means this is life-critical; I'm not doing it to spoil your night,'" he later recalled.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
George Catrambone, head of fixed income for the Americas at DWS, said there are other risks that could spoil the stock market’s party — more stress in private-credit markets being one such example.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
This is my day, and I’m not letting nobody spoil it.
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
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