Example Sentences

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Such clout also made Zhang a potential alternate power center to Xi, who has routinely neutered even latent threats to his dominance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

She also opposes public funds being given to business owners rather than low-income families who want their cats spayed or neutered.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Earlier this month, the seasonal effect was neutered by stock-market weakness.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025

Dee Terry from Durrington in Wiltshire had her German spitz, Bilbo, neutered last year - but the procedure led to an infection, leaving her with £1,200 in unexpected vet bills.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

Rondell told us about a former foster mom’s crazy cat that never got neutered and always sat in their sixth-story window meowing at female cats that pranced by on the street below.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña