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spares

  • plural
    of spare.
    spare
    verb (used with object)
    to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy.
  • present tense form
    of spare (3rd person singular).
    spare
    verb (used with object)
    to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy.

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Airlines are forced to fly older planes for longer and need to keep buying spares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

"It spares no-one, dead or alive," said Ajith Sunghay, local head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

The pope will arrive by helicopter, a diplomatic subtlety that spares him from landing on French soil without actually visiting France.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

The move spares the concerts-and-ticketing giant from the threat of its business being broken up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

And so each morning he spares her life in order to hear the end of the story.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri