spoil
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“As a grandparent, you know you can love them and spoil them and then give them back.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
"If we bring vegetables, they'll spoil by noon," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Stocks surged to new highs last week, fully erasing losses caused by the U.S.-Iran war, but the bond market could spoil the party.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
They would spoil the pristine purity of Vernon Point’s only “esplanade”—a befuddled Kyra not having realized she lives on one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Skating with Alexi and Svetlana was her dream—Nancy couldn't let Deirdre spoil it!
From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene
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