spoiler

Example Sentences

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And in a world warmed by fossil fuel pollution, Atlantic sea surface temperatures could have the potential to play spoiler to El Nino's impact.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This” “It’s a coin toss between presumed front-runners Jean Smart and Lisa Kudrow, with Elle Fanning from ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ a scrappy spoiler in a strong field of candidates.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Warning: This article contains spoiler alerts of series six of Race Across the World.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Giving away too many of the assessments feels like a spoiler crime, since they can be quite surprising.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

But she needs to be able to beg Voldemort for Harry’s life, she needs to think he might die, and you’re the worst spoiler in the world that didn’t turn out to be true .

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling