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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  • With the ending of placements at the Civic and city-funded rooms in other CoLEAD shelters, safety ambassadors who were paid to quell the violence on Third Avenue turned to other shelter organizations.
    Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Brighton paid second-tier Dutch club Breda less than £2million for the then 20-year-old in September 2020, with the potential for the fee to rise to nearly £3m with add-ons.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • Three hundred and thirty days after Hersh was taken, her son's body was returned to her – 114 pounds on a frame that once stood six feet tall, and now, had six wounds.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Officers have stood guard at the yellow police tape around the clock since Sunday.
    John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Treinen got up and started throwing in the bullpen as Snell settled in to face Bryce Harper.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The lawsuit says the deputies acted without probable cause, and the case was settled with Solano County.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • The hours of sleuthing the world’s largest online retailer for its Prime Day deals under $100 has finally paid off.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Something that costs now in the billions should be built to last, but instead the modern American sports venue is trashed once the 30-year mortgage is paid off.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 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 9 Oct. 2025.

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