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At one point as he was expending all of his influence to pass the Affordable Care Act, he ruefully explained his priorities to Mr. Chu.

From New York Times • May 31, 2023

Founded as an honor society in 1898, the academy announced last year that it was expending its core membership of 250 artists in literature, music, art and architecture to 300 by 2025.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2022

A former US president with ties to major investors across the globe was expending political capital to help Haiti rebuild.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2019

Mainly, though, I decided that Starship Troopers 2, Lost Boys 3, and Saws V-VII weren’t worth the midnight oil I was expending on them.

From Slate • Dec. 31, 2012

Stern, feeling that he had tapped the wrong vein, discreetly withdrew; and the sound of his calking-hammer from the beach, told that he was expending a certain irritation on the hull of the Adventure.

From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan