spoils

Example Sentences

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Food spoils because of a lack of refrigeration, and people can’t use air conditioning or fans as temperatures rise to the high 80s.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Should the 24k spoils of Kennedy’s monetization bother me so much?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

It’s extraordinary what these guys did, but I won’t say so much because it spoils the magic.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

To the loser of the 6 a.m. sun-lounger race, goes the lawsuit spoils.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

According to custom, Caesar exhibited his war spoils in a procession of prisoners and treasure that paraded through the streets of Rome.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby