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spoilsport

[spoil-spawrt, -spohrt] / ˈspɔɪlˌspɔrt, -ˌspoʊrt /




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And rains play a spoilsport here as well.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2025

For days, northern California newspapers kicked around fierce, spoilsport claims.

From Seattle Times Feb. 8, 2024

Just as investors were starting to get more confident about a soft landing for the world's largest economy, with strong jobs growth and cooling inflation, China is playing spoilsport.

From Reuters Aug. 15, 2022

I also don’t want to be a spoilsport who vetoes his choices just because they aren’t what I want to watch.

From Washington Post Nov. 6, 2021

He deserved it for being such a spoilsport.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn




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