spoiling
Example Sentences
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‘Abbott Elementary’ is always in contention, per usual, but I can’t see it spoiling the party.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 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
An Australian billionaire's plan to burn rubbish for energy in Fiji amounts to "waste colonialism" and risks spoiling a "beach paradise", villagers and the Pacific nation's UN ambassador said.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Think of a portable power station as a huge phone brick, one big enough to keep your milk from spoiling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
“I fell. Donte helped me up. The others were spoiling for a fight.”
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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