spoils

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Atreides says he would call their daughter Ghanima, which is a name native to the fictional Fremen people in the film, meaning "spoils of war".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

The potential spoils from prediction markets haven’t done much to help DraftKings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Carter’s administration instituted the most sweeping reforms of the civil service since 1883’s Pendleton Act, which replaced the spoils system and created a professional, merit-based system.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

The Democratic Unionist Party won the subsequent poll, eventually taking the spoils by going into government with Sinn Fein.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

They milked Hazel’s refrigerator for all it was worth, then went door to door collecting from their neighbors, dumping their spoils into the plastic pool.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu