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Example sentences for: spent

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They went from third-party narrative to first-person accusatory stating that their youngest son (insert name here) had been married in May, and they spent A LOT OF TIME making sure YOU were invited to the wedding, and that YOU had not cared enough to attend, send a present, OR EVEN SEND A $1 CARD.
After Yasser Arafat's return from exile in 1994, it has spent more resources tracking potential terrorists within the West Bank and Gaza, a responsibility of Shin Bet rather than Mossad.
Isn't it a little silly that the same sort of people who bitch about school prayer and public-school vouchers spent on religious education are ready to lay down their lives to protect the government's right to subsidize art that desecrates religious figures in the most sophomoric way imaginable?
Today's lead details how since 1990, the District has spent more than $170 million on salaries and long-term medical expenses on city workers who file disability claims.
About $3 billion will be spent on all political direct mail in the current four-year electoral cycle, according to Ron Faucheaux, editor in chief of Campaigns & Elections magazine.