K. Rowling among novelists for whose publishers the deadliest sin is spoiling the plot.
He is not remotely concerned about "spoiling" the election for a Democratic candidate, he says.
Davis hams it up a little, without spoiling the genuinely corrosive nature of their constant arguments.
So her mother could go right ahead and claim that she was spoiling the kids.
Even assuming Democrats are spoiling for a fight, the drug lobby is no pushover.
Spoiling food could unleash e. coli bacteria, salmonella and other types of food poisoning.
Some factions in the government think opponents are spoiling to instigate an Arab spring-style revolution.
Jonas accused the referee of bias, picked up the ball and walked off, spoiling the match.
But I don't go into it with the attitude that I'm spoiling for a fight with anybody.
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"There are no potholes, there's no cracking, no spoiling from frost and it's very quiet, " he said.
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Upstream such outbursts are usually dismissed as proof that troubled Pakistan is, as ever, spoiling for a fight.
Without spoiling anything, these changes have at times made the show stronger and better paced than George R.
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Unfortunately for Thomas he hooked the simple kick left of the posts, spoiling the fly-half's previous good work.
Across the growing ranks of middle-class China, elders are pampering, preening and often spoiling their kids like never before.
"It's a delicate balance of letting people know what is going on and not spoiling anybody's fun, " he says.
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McGrane, world ranked 250, carded seven birdies and an eagle, with only a final hole bogey spoiling his round.
Vaccines need to be kept cool--between 36 and 46 degrees Fahrenheit--to prevent spoiling.
He knows it cannot the place is packed with gun-toting rebels, and the Young Patriots are spoiling for a fight.
Kim Kallstrom re-established the lead just short of the hour mark and Latvia never looked liked spoiling the hosts' day.
Only the prospect of a double-dip recession in America looks like spoiling the recovery, says James Hughes-Hallett, the airline's chairman.
Most manage to irritate their daughters-in-law by spoiling their sons and then expecting the younger woman to do the same.
That in turn has led to video clips of the title being posted online, spoiling some of the product's surprises.
So instead of spoiling the plot, I will merely say that this is surprisingly very much a Shane Black picture through-and-through.
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Mr. Cowell, who produces and acts as a judge on "The X Factor, " blasted that move, calling it a "spoiling" tactic.
Moreover, the vote-spoiling effects of regional parties and independents could matter more than any aspect of Congress's or the BJP's campaign.
However, they cannot sell at explicitly discounted prices for fear of cannibalizing third-party retail sales and spoiling trade relations with retailers.
He described the restructuring as "like finding a broken Stradivarius cello and building a new semi-electric instrument without spoiling the design".
Even if he co-operates with America, his conservative opponents could repeat the spoiling tactics they are said to have employed in Afghanistan.
Scotland defended magnificently in Cardiff, harrying, hurrying, stealing and spoiling Welsh possession.
This has not stopped growth, but it has pushed it into the greater south-east, thus spoiling the countryside across a bigger area.
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