spun

Example Sentences

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GSK spun its cancer business off in a 2015 deal with Novartis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

How much better loved would it have been had Wenlock been a warlock, a creature spun from the Merlin of Arthurian legend.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Some analysts have even spun it as a point in his favor.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

FedEx Freight, the largest LTL carrier, spun off on June 1, now trades at 30 times expected earnings, below peers at 40 times.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

“Your father meant to chop it to firewood, anyway. Your mother didn’t like to spin. She hated it. Only spun because … she had to.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff