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Few predicted that the next would be a leap back across the Atlantic and the end of the couple’s six-year stint in California.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Returning four years after his first stint as skipper left him and his team broken, Root's leadership was barely tested thanks to the excellence of his bowlers and fragility of the Pakistan batting.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

He also vowed to end rough sleeping during his almost-decade long stint as mayor of the northern city of Manchester, but ultimately failed despite some initial success.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

When Joe Root left the field for the first time in his second stint as England's Test captain, he did so with Harry Brook's arm over his shoulder.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

For many years, including his stint in high school, the basement had been Myron’s bedroom.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

In John’s two stints with the Yankees — he had four seasons with the Angels in between — he was 91-60 with a 3.59 ERA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

When the time came to get an education, he skipped College Station for stints in New Haven and Cambridge.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Over the past decade, I’ve moved from college in South Carolina to stints in a few local newsrooms to finally landing in New York in 2023.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Neither Russell Martin nor Danny Rohl were able to restore past glories in their short stints in Govan while McInnes was taking Hearts to the verge of immortality.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

To make sure she kept this job longer than her stints at the hosiery mill, or as a waitress at the Waffle House.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

Five or six spring-times, welcomed joyously, lovingly watched from the first celandine to the budding of the rose; who shall dare to call it a stinted boon?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

The administration also hasn’t stinted on disaster aid.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

Michael and Christian Blackwood began to work independently in the 1980s, but neither stinted on curiosity.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2022

Or at least approaches its end, as we did on Saturday, four days before the fall equinox, on a day that may have stinted on true summer heat but supplied generous helpings of humidity.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2021

I have made a great many dresses evenings, and have stinted myself to finish this to-day.

From Mind Amongst the Spindles by Various

Without stinting on Singapore expansion plans, Sands could buy back 20% to 30% of its current market capitalization, says Goldman.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

The minor duds — the flea-beetled eggplants, the stinting watermelons — were overshadowed by all the successes, including a surfeit of choice varieties of tomatoes, greens, beans, squashes and okra, to name a few.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2020

The point is to provide an incentive to stick around, even if that means stinting on those who will not.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2019

We remain convinced, in contradiction of all the available evidence, that stinting on sleep makes us heroic and industrious, rather than stupid and fat.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018

“No stinting, I see,” Luke said, taking up a fork with a gesture which would have confirmed his aunt’s worst suspicions.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson