spoils

Example Sentences

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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

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

Nuveen will take the spoils instead, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

One day Hrothgar made up his mind to build a great hall with some of the spoils he had won in war.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye