spoils

Example Sentences

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The announcement seemed to be yet another sign that the earliest supporters of Nvidia would not be sharing in the company’s spoils.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

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

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Still, even as U.S. electricity generation is set to climb 1.4% this year and 2.5% next, the spoils will largely bypass coal, the EIA projects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 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

Not only did Mark Antony hold the traditional Roman ceremony on foreign soil, he presented the war spoils to Cleopatra instead of to the people of Rome.

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