Spreading mulch before the ground has frozen may attract small animals searching for a warm place to spend the winter.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

Charity Navigator says the most efficient charities spend at least seventy-five percent of their budget on their programs and services.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

For many Americans, summer is a time to put on swim wear and spend time at the sea or a lake.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

Students might go home to their families -- or spend a week partying on a warm beach with no parents around.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

It says many seem to use them to live beyond their means -- to spend more than they have.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

You can spend a great deal of time making an object only for it to break in the kiln.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Glenn's flight plan called for him to spend most of the first orbit getting used to the feeling of being weightless.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

Yet,when it comes to my own money, I spend it at the drop of a hat - immediately,without waiting.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

The Obama administration is proposing to spend ten billion dollars over the next ten years to set nutrition rules for schools.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

She sat between richly dressed women who were there to spend the day eating sweets and showing off their costly clothing.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

They found that people who spend months in space lose bone strength at a faster rate than experts had thought.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

He was known for being so stingy he refused to spend any of his money, unless forced to do so.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

Ms.Quisumbing says studies show that women are more likely than men to spend money on food,health and educating their children.

VOA: special.2011.03.22

American children now spend an average of seven and a half hours a day watching television or playing with electronic devices.

VOA: special.2010.06.07