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  • present participle of spoil.

spoiling





NOUN
destroying
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“I think it kind of gets to what makes you good as an offense,” manager Dave Roberts said, “and that’s what makes us good: earning pitches, winning counts, spoiling pitches, those kinds of things.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

During Monday’s carpet, Valkyrae asked Lacy to name his favorite character from the movie “without spoiling anything,” according to video shared on social media.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

No matter what, the stock market has been showering investors with wealth like a crazy rich uncle who can’t stop spoiling all the kids in the family.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 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

Next problem I got to solve, though, is how to keep all this stuff from spoiling in the July heat.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor




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