sprang (for)

variants or sprung (for)
past tense of spring (for)
as in paid
to give what is owed for offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang

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Verb
  • So, Castle acquired the rights to Ira Levin's novel, and Paramount Pictures paid Castle a handsome sum to produce Rosemary's Baby.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Faced with hunger, instability, and salaries that weren’t paid for months, men and women responded differently.
    Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
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  • Frank Vogel stood outside the Dallas Mavericks’ temporary locker room Wednesday night and recounted the shiver that recently ran down his spine.
    Dan Woike, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Last March, Sam Westhoff, who performs under the moniker Haffway, stood beneath a lone spotlight onstage at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and delivered a song about struggling to slow down.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The transfer of ownership was settled in August and the total purchase price was $4,060,000, $1,525 per square foot.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But Native Americans were already settled in the region long before that.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Fast-forward to the end of the first half, and the Lions’ decision (and what would have been Kansas City’s usual strategy) paid off for the home team.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • That shift paid off – until this year when some Canadian provinces banned American spirits.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Sprang (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprang%20%28for%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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