How To Use Spree In A Sentence

From there, demands for commissions came his way, and he has built everything from meditation treehouses in Hungary and outside Rome, to his most recent project: a treehouse on the river Spree for a client in Berlin, integrated into a weeping willow, that is for "meeting friends, writing and pleasure," he says. Closer to the Stars
If I ever snap and go on a murderous killing spree, it'll be because of this guy.
The spree took place in the depths of a property slump. Times, Sunday Times
She's out on a mad spending spree.
Wax leads James on a white- Knuckle shotting spree through the Parisian underworld that has James praying for his desk job. Filmstalker: From Paris With Love, another International trailer

Spree somehow convinced the Knicks to reduce his fine from 150,000 dollars to just 2,500 bucks…
The honeymoon is still in full swing, and the media will continue to exalt him until the first signs that his spree is producing results.
It was only during the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, when the monarchy was untouchable, that George IV was able to force through the royal building-spree that culminated in Buckingham Palace.
During the late nineties, as the economy boomed, the city went on an especially extravagant spending spree.
But why, I asked, would soldiers maraud the countryside on a murder-and-kidnapping spree? The Fall of Mexico
At the Spree, General Rybalko led his tanks splashing into the water, without waiting for bridging gear.
The tabloid wants evidence of who's behind the crime spree.
I went on a drinking/shopping/spending spree on Saturday.
Two ravers are discussing how ridiculous it is that videogames are blamed for inciting killing sprees.
But the scoring spree of the final quarter hid a multitude of sins. Times, Sunday Times
The school currently has CCTV cameras mounted on its roof but in the past vandals have been able to climb onto the building and damage the cameras during a spree - rendering them ineffective.
They want him to stick his hand in his nicely-lined pockets, and finance a death-or-glory spree.
So whether you fancy a bit of cheap throwaway fashion or a spending spree, you'll find an outfit you can afford. The Sun
Within a few months he had embarked on his killing spree. Times, Sunday Times
Twenty people were shot dead in the city making it the worst killing spree since the riots.
But the last time I saw him he was on a "jamboree," or spree, and killed his unfortunate horse by tying it up without feeding it or giving it water while he was drinking or drunk, and so he did not make his usual trip. A Tramp's Notebook
Your mother's anniversary set him off, and he went on a murder spree, killing everyone.
Or should this meeting just be considered as another one of those African conferences at which extra-mural shopping sprees are the most memorable activity of the participants? CISSA Workshop in Kigali (Rwanda) : A buzzing beehive
Most of us know people who misuse their credit cards through holiday spending sprees or random acts of profligacy.
They murdered fifteen boys in a killing spree across southern California.
All the big firms have embarked on hiring sprees after the economy began to tick upwards towards the end of last year. Times, Sunday Times
The crime spree has led victims from across the town to lose thousands of pounds in cash after being conned by burglars.
It is a criminological truism that contemporary spree killers desire maximum publicity for their actions. Anders Behring Breivik reconstruction: making a killer look cool | Chris Greer and Eugene McLaughlin
The "Symphony No. 4" or "Symphonie concertante for Piano and Orchestra," depending on how it's billed, is one of the composer's final works and it has the sound of everybody from Carl Nielsen to Bartok in it, but the voice is definitely its own, and the wonderful performance made me want to go to Amoeba Records on a Szymanowski buying spree. Archive 2008-10-01
Once you get past the eye-popping global spending sprees, the drug binges and the sheer amount of hard work, this book's full of graphic bisexual escapades.
Her washwoman's family consisted of four children, and a husband who blew in gaily once in a while when in need of funds, or when recovering from a protracted spree, which made a few days 'nursing very welcome. In Times Like These
State legislators are poised for a spending spree - on stadiums and prisons
Six miles across the city, the third killing spree was under way. The Sun
Behaving like wiry, wired adolescents on a merry spree, this extrovert community breathes fresh air into the mechanics of daily existence.
After her shoplifting spree she lived in mortal dread of being found out.
Together they embark on a high-class crime spree across Europe.
And while the Kray twins (whose gangster crime spree was a '60s sensation) aren't quite as notorious on these shores as Jack the Ripper, the murders and maimings echoing the Kray mayhem are just as gut-churning a challenge for DI Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones), still smarting from his reputation as "the man who failed to find the Ripper. Critic's Guide to Wednesday TV: The SNL Comedy Invasion, A New Whitechapel Case, and More!
Since then, the company has gone on a massive shopping spree, acquiring and building some 14 different packaging and processing plants and dairies.
Hunched within its floodlit new-build, English cricket is now surfing the finest margins, dependent on the grande bouffe of the Saturday spree merchant, and not so much in bed with the purveyors of walk-up hospitality as sweatily intertwined on the main stairs. Sozzled - how English cricket got lost in drink | Barney Ronay
Bosses at the coach company are offering a cash reward to anyone who helps nail the thugs responsible for a £15,000 wrecking spree.
The next time you admire beautiful embroidery on a sari while on window-shopping spree, chances are that a machine embroidered those intricate patterns.
Then, against the background of bitter, violent parental quarrels, Chester began a spree of delinquency.
Their sound isn't too distant from some of the other big-sounding, quirky bands, like Arcade Fire (and to some extent Polyphonic Spree), and its just begging to be put in a commercial for something cool, like a hybrid car. Happy Blast! (Music (For Robots))
They shaue all their berde except the mustaches, vppon their breast wear painted the head of som birde, ant about the pappes as yt waere beames of the sune, vppon the bellye sum feere full and monstreus face, spreedinge the beames verye fare vppon the thighes. A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia : of the Commodities and of the Nature and Manners of the Naturall Inhabitants : Discouered bÿ the English Colonÿ There Seated by Sir Richard Greinuile Knight In the ÿeere 1585 : Wh
A pair of Staffordshire Terrier crosses mauled three cats to death and attacked a woman during a horrific killing spree on a Southampton estate.
Stuck in traffic, they find themselves surrounded by a crestomathy of carriages: ‘barouches, britchkas, wurts, tandems, tilburies, dog-carts, covered wagonnettes with leather curtains full of singing workmen out on the spree, and go-carts carefully driven by fathers of families.’
And you've got to look to see if there are other individuals that partook of some parts of the crime spree itself- you know, maybe armed stick-ups.
First we had the privilege of enjoying Baise-Moi, a tale of female empowerment through an orgiastic killing spree, that failed to disturb simply because it was so shockingly bad.
The killing sprees of all three were spurred on by the fact they were not caught. The Sun
And even worse, he may take the weekends to plan and conspire and connive and make sure that he isn't caught when he goes back on his shooting spree during the week.
Belarus devalued its ruble by 36% in May after a pre-election spending spree by Mr. Lukashenko caused a gaping deficit in the country's current account and drained its reserves. Belarus to Allow Ruble to Float
This dog is obviously a young criminal pooch mastermind testing our responce times before he goes on a moggy killing spree, lets hope its not near the campus at Coventry or we will never catch him in a golf buggie. Blogs Are For Dogs (2) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Your mother's anniversary set him off, and he went on a murder spree, killing everyone.
Simply put, mini-golf is booming - undergoing a building spree that may well lead it down the same fairway to overexpansion as the 18-holes.
We were driving back to Manhattan along Route 17, following a ghoulish shopping spree at a pop up Halloween megastore, and decided to stop at Hooters for a bite. Susan Eley: Hooters to Swan Lake During One Week in New York
Imagine my surprise, then, when I happened upon this compilation album, during a recent shopping spree around London's record shops.
His early moves were a striking portent of the populist spending spree that was to follow, spiced here and there with well-directed salutes aimed at pacifying the extremes of the political spectrum.
Her sister's car was also torched in nearby Nunthorpe Gardens during the fire spree last week.
If every shooting spree is terrorism then what do we call 9/11, you know? datingjesus Is Nidal Malik Hasan a suspected criminal? Or a suspected terrorist? « Dating Jesus
In 1957 Charlie, then 19, went on a killing spree.
They indulge in a drinking spree, littering the whole table with soiled dishes and leftovers.
As traditional Western bankers count the cost of a reckless lending spree, Islamic banking -- which complies with Islam's law banning the receipt of interest -- is surging.
But if you have barhopped or taken a bar break during a shopping spree, you might notice, as I have, that the eggnogs and other holiday standbys or variations of them have gotten better. The Seattle Times
The result is a spree of robberies, culminating in ‘one last big job.’
Conan eventually grows up and goes on a killing spree to avenge his parents' death.
Outside the movie theaters, a similar drinking spree was taking place.
Five children have been arrested in connection with a £30,000 wrecking spree at a Rochford coach park.
A man arrested for a spree of killings and other violent crimes appeared briefly in a packed courtroom here yesterday.
CONAKRY: Trading resumed for shops that were spared a weekend looting spree in Guinea's capital Conakry and hospital sources said an army mutiny had claimed some 50 lives and left 100 people injured. ANC Daily News Briefing
While claims that bargain shopping is as good as sex are certainly debatable, these findings help to explain why people are prone to shopping sprees when down in the dumps. Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright: Shopping For Sexual Arousal
Tree" is only the director's fifth feature film release since his resounding 1973 debut with "Badlands," starring Martin Sheen on a murder spree with his moll, played by Sissy Spacek. Marketing the Malick Mystique
I just had a spending spree at whipstitch which I found when I visited Willy-Nilly! KJ's on a roll...
Meanwhile, Ms. Horyn extolled the simple, chic, everywoman style Sarah Palin exhibited pre-RNC-bankrolled shopping spree. Rosalyn Hoffman: We're All Barbie Now?
Luxury brands enjoyed a Brexit boost after June as tourists went on a spending spree because of the weak pound. Times, Sunday Times
Not counting The Darkness' campy unitard revivalism or the robed gospel cult of The Polyphonic Spree, most of indie rock's current darlings get their style from a thrift store rather than a costume trunk.
Unfortunately, the thieves had had a little spending spree at Comet, running up a bill of £1000 on my Amex.
The twice-wed star enjoyed an extravagant spending spree at an exclusive Hollywood store, where she bought designer baby wear for a newborn girl
The boys went on a two-day spending spree with the stolen credit cards.
One good thing about owning a boutique is that twice a year we get to go on buying sprees in London and Paris.
Her first six months at the Globe were little more than an extension of that youthful spree. WHO KILLED TIFFANY JONES?
Many Ukrainians feel that they have witnessed a electoral theft that makes the Florida miscount look like a petty candy shoplifting spree.
He said it was that plus the combination of recidivist and spree burglaries, all premeditated and all targeting people in their own homes, that warranted a jail term of seven years with the minimum four-year non-parole period.
During the boom years of the 1980s the Duke of Westminter's company embarked on a building spree, especially in Mayfair.
She always -- her and I had what we called our shopping sprees, when we didn't know what else to do. CNN Transcript May 31, 2004
In contrast Stanley's usually made the inspired calculations of a good invitation side out for a scoring spree.
She apparently went on a spending spree with her portion of the property settlement and bought $7,000 worth of furniture.
Were they really on a hiring spree since October?
Economists say businesses will want profits to improve and want to feel secure about the economic rebound before they go on a hiring spree.
First stop was a top London salon for a new hairdo and makeover before we took her on a luxury shopping spree. The Sun
The spree took place in the depths of a property slump. Times, Sunday Times
They may well still get it, but it looks like they will have to endure the usual nervy few weeks, waiting for that big final spending spree, which inevitably comes as late as possible.
My nationwide shopping spree focused on the latter.
The destruction of the pension system and the reliance on supposedly "off-balance sheet" PPP and PFI are more reminiscent of a chav storecard spending spree than so-called Prudence. Brown's Reputation is Unravelling
He claims that the police targeted him to cover up a crime spree that might affect tourism. The Sun
The big do-not-miss-it shopping spree is the Sunday artisans 'market in Tonalá. What to do for two days in Tonala and Tlaquepaque
The reason Republicans are gaining in polls is that Democrats look weak and ineffectual by not being able to pass the legislation they promised, largely because of the filibuster, at the same time that Republicans can baselessly attack Democrats for going on some insane liberal spending spree based on the high deficit numbers. Matthew Yglesias » Ungovernable America
The surprise offensive triggered a predictable spree of pillage and rape in the lakeside city, and sparked a crisis in the fragile peace process across the country.
Fiscal discipline is theoretically a laudable goal, though in this case the agreement won't prevent governments from embarking on Keynesian spending sprees as "one-off and temporary measures"—the definition of "one-off" presumably being in the eye of the beholder. Seventeenth Brussels Washout
These scholars had the unenviable task of explaining why their patrons eventually sieged, overran, and sacked Carthage in a door-to-door killing spree that left only fifty thousand survivors out of an estimated population of seven hundred thousand. David Durham explains his interest in Hannibal and refutes the historical concept of him as a brutish barbarian.
Households also continue to refinance their mortgages or use home-equity loans to fund their shopping sprees.
LONDON — Police increased their guard around Buckingham Palace and other landmarks Wednesday as security officials monitored what they described as a fledgling terror plot to wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees or other attacks on Britain, France or Germany. Terrorist Plot Uncovered In Europe
Cash - rich Chinese companies are on a buying spree again, hoping to advantage of low asset prices.
Shortly after their killing spree, we notice John is having trouble sleeping, and he begins to look more and more haggard.
McGarver, the under-boss, was a good shepherd among the men, though he had recently lost the head foremanship by a spree complicated with language and violence. Our Mr. Wrenn
The drunken spree lasted for years after the conflict and I allowed the feeling of our national invincibility to pervade me (to such an extent that our defeats in Bataan, Corregidor and Pearl Harbor became "just a fluke"). Dr. Paul Ashton
In spite of the flaws exposed by U. S.-based hackers and activists -- groups such as Black Box Voting and Verified Voting -- states here continued a spending spree on e-voting machines. Dan Rather: Digital Democracy in Doubt
Uruguay's scoring spree began in the fourth minute.
* Villaraigosa, along with the city council, bankrupted Los Angeles, in spite of dire warnings over the last 18 months that the City coffers were drying up, and he allowed and encouraged them to continue their spending sprees all the same. Obama's First But Not Unforgivable Bone-headed Move
They embark on a crime spree that rapidly brings them more trouble than they can handle. Times, Sunday Times
Were there some highly visible screw-ups that perhaps could have ended this killing spree earlier?
The subsequent killing spree accounts for the fates of many of the minor characters.
With riots in Paris, but not as big as last year, the real news focus shifts to Naples, where Prodi is considering sending in the Army to restore order after a bloody, Mafia-related crime spree has claimed seven lives since Friday. It died of boredom
JOE JOHNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's the kind of story you don't want when you're flying around the country, trying to appeal to average people like hockey moms and Joe and Jane Six Pack: a chichi shopping spree for Governor Sarah Palin and her family, compliments of the Republican National Committee, with a whopping $150,000 price tag, at fancy clothing stores, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2008
Most of us know people who misuse their credit cards through holiday spending sprees or random acts of profligacy.
Mind you, the meal that resulted from my middle-class organic shopping spree was chuffing gorgeous.
The company went on an acquisition spree, snapping up a dozen new "lifestyle" brands, such as outdoorsy label Napapijri, surfer brand Reef, and women's yoga-inspired active wear brand Lucy. VF Dresses Up Its Operations, Bucking Recession
The FBI detailed the exploits of five men who went on a nationwide swatting spree between 2002 and 2006.
Sadly, this will lead three-quarters of the audience to go on a murder spree as they head back to the coach park, but that's a price worth paying.
My mother went on a shopping spree at the mall.
The golfing spree is feared to further deepen the social disharmony between the haves and have-nots.
To let you have your plank and your bonewash (O the hastroubles you lost!), to give you your pound of platinum and a thousand thongs a year (O, you were excruciated, in honour bound to the cross of your own cruelfiction!) to let you have your Sarday spree and holinight sleep Finnegans Wake
Don't we feel happy when we read that someone who has everything they could possibly want uses it to make others happy - instead of on some extravagant spending spree?
A _solatium_ is a Debating Society spree, held in December or January; a _gaudeamus_ is a festival of the same kind, only rather more ambitious, celebrated towards the close of the session. The Scarlet Gown being verses by a St. Andrews Man
She got a taste of the Hollywood lifestyle immediately after their wedding, when he whisked her away to the Big Apple for an extravagant spending spree.
A shooting spree in Skagit County has left six people dead and two injured by a man authorities describe as a well-known criminal with mental problems. Crazed Hispanic Gunman Who Slew Six In Washington State Probably Not An Immigrant
He goes on a crime spree in order to re-fund his experiments.
Can you also publish an article pointing out how many of these rumors were 'legitimized' by CNN harping on them in their never ending speculation spree? Obama confronts Internet rumors with new Web site
A school is having to fork out to buy security cameras after yobs broke in and embarked on a spree of vandalism.
The next day he subtly suggested a shopping spree, he picked out the flimsiest Helmut Lang dresses at Galerie 66 on the Champs Elysees. BritChick Paris: Why Having a French Boyfriend Is Like Living With a Fashion Stylist
A change of scenery has the dude driving his whip and heading out on a shopping spree.
Human beings add to the mud bath after drinking sprees that render the world a giant vomitory; horses in a Victorian street emit "a steaming heap of straw-woven horseshit". Mud: Stories of Sex and Love by Michèle Roberts
Hunched within its floodlit new-build, English cricket is now surfing the finest margins, dependent on the grande bouffe of the Saturday spree merchant, and not so much in bed with the purveyors of walk-up hospitality as sweatily intertwined on the main stairs. Sozzled - how English cricket got lost in drink | Barney Ronay
While those are three of my favorite words, this spree is limited: we're going to check out what the competition is up to. 7 tips for analyzing the business competition
But looking after five-month-old daughter Atlanta has put a brake on her clothes shopping sprees.
It's not only the variety of brand, but a variety of designs and affordable price range that seems to have let loose a buying spree among the hep crowd.
These gleaming new concert venues are the latest arrivals in a building and renovations spree that has transformed the cultural landscape in North America, as cities large and small replace outdated or acoustically challenged facilities. Cultural Construction Slowdown
And he launched a spending spree that will leave future generations to pick up the bill for huge deficits. Times, Sunday Times
• "Men, unlike women, have few positive ways of defining themselves outside of the workplace between when they leave school and when they retire," •*maybe thats why men die sooner, once they jobs are done, they lack purpose •*Men think of themselves as providers •*Women look at you differently when you dont have much money.www. redorbit.com South AL gunman kills 12 people during a shooting spree •Michael McLendon of Kinston, AL •shooting spree covered two counties WN.com - Articles related to No criminal charges for South Carolina governor in ethics case
A strange extension to this ornithological theme are the displays featuring a giant birdcage inhabited by a moody-looking half-dressed woman – symbolic, perhaps, of the anxious consumer, desperate to break out of their economic prison for a restorative shopping spree. Christmas through the looking glass
We're probably all familiar with the term serial killer, mass murderer and spree killer. CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2002
The seasonal shopping spree is fuelled by the bonus paid by upcountry firms during this period.
I went on a drinking/shopping/spending spree on Saturday.
wich is down 'Endon wy," is no longer a spree for him, however uproarious the "shindy," and however ready his "gal" may be to sit on his knee and "change 'ats" to the accompaniment of cornet and concertina. The History of "Punch"
Also, many people pay for winter breaks or go on a spending spree in the January sales, leading to yet more business for personal loan providers.
It doesn't take a reckless person or a wild spending spree to create a debt crisis.
Visitors at the store could also register for a $2,500 shopping spree and other in-store giveaways.
Many commentators complain that China's capital - spending spree last year has merely exacerbated its industrial overcapacity.
As the murder spree continued he kept up his devoted dad routine at home. The Sun
So whether you fancy a bit of cheap throwaway fashion or a spending spree, you'll find an outfit you can afford. The Sun
We are on a spending spree that's mortgaging our children's futures, and I feel very strongly about that.
'Colin, you take me back to Bungroopim – when it happened to be a slack day for you on the run, and when the married couple had levanted and I'd got an incompetent black-gin in the kitchen – or when the store wanted tidying and you and I had a good old spree amongst the rubbish.' Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land
Then, against the background of bitter, violent parental quarrels, Chester began a spree of delinquency.
It never ceases to amaze me why people feel they have to travel to far-flung corners of the country to go on a good shopping spree.
Although the incidents have amounted to vandalism, authorities and experts said that the spree is troubling and that they worry that someone eventually could be harmed. Shooting at Northern Virginia Coast Guard center part of spree, officials say
I got myself a bit lost and wound up looking at the Reichstag from a bit up the Spree River: Berlin
They murdered fifteen boys in a killing spree across southern California.
The boys went on a two-day spending spree with the stolen credit cards.
But a double bogey at the 10th halted the spree. The Sun
The result of this majestic writing spree is the swashbuckling tale of heroic Prince Rama and his allies, and their universe-rattling battle with the villainous demon king Totsakan and his unruly cohorts.
The court heard he went on a fire-starting spree over a five-year period after unsuccessfully applying to join the fire service, targeting houses, sheds and vehicles.
The court had heard earlier how the three men were caught when Samuel went on an extravagant spending spree using fraudulent cards, splashing out on top-of-the-range cars and a luxury lifestyle.
Let's go on a shopping spree.
The pile of unread books, unwatched DVDs and unplayed computer games that I amassed during my London shopping sprees attest to that.
Aside from conspicuity another possible problem that may arise during night-time are the drunken drivers who are mostly coming from bar hopping spree or teenagers having their weekly night-out.
Some Parkinson's disease patients with DBS have also become manic and gone on gamb ling sprees. Using Electricity, Magnets for Mental Illness
The soldiers surrounding him had seemed to know little more than he, but gradually the word trickled back that a small but fanatical band of xenophobes had infiltrated the colony and were killing every thranx in sight as well as any visiting humans who tried to interfere with their bloodthirsty spree. Dirge
What we're seeing in the '00s is a garden-variety spending spree.
But nowhere in his 1,200-word dispatch does Janofsky discuss the spending spree the states indulged in during the economic boom.
This man's on a murder spree. Times, Sunday Times
She's out on a mad spending spree.
And you've got to look to see if there are other individuals that partook of some parts of the crime spree itself- you know, maybe armed stick-ups.
This bull market bears no relation to that gambling spree.
The spending spree has angered staff braced for massive cutbacks and stunned patients. The Sun
Since then, the company has gone on a massive shopping spree, acquiring and building some 14 different packaging and processing plants and dairies.
The tree planting spree has started and monsoon rainfall will sustain it.
So sometimes, I'd get permission to go on little shopping sprees, charging stickers and pens at the stationary store, ribbons at the dimestore, Bonnie Bell Lipsmackers at the drugstore, an album at the record store, a bike bell at the sports store, seeds at the hardware store for my vegetable garden. Laura Munson: No Black Friday
In response , the RBI has been on a rate - hike spree since January.
We all went on spending sprees. Times, Sunday Times
'unprepossessing' by the media and with Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden announcing on talkSPORT that 'We think she looks a bit like Eddie Large, poor woman', Susan Boyle booked herself in for an eyebrow shape, haircut and colour, and then went on a modest shopping spree. Home | Mail Online
Cave's not a lunatic on a killing spree; he's a lovelorn bombmaker, and he caps this cinematic story of devotion with a spirited sing-along.
It is only with the help of local people that police can crack down on the crime spree, catch the culprits and bring them to justice.
One rationale behind the buying spree was to be able to offer different products to different market segments.
This killing spree was not the result of one instant where he lost his temper. EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings
Just before the drawing the lots, she took a lot of time going through the showroom, floor by floor, promising herself that she would be back on a shopping spree.
This is clearly unsustainable as the nations around the world that fund that deficit do not have either the resources or the interest in subsidizing the greatest credit card spending spree in the history of man. NAS Seeks Public Input on Space Goals - NASA Watch
Uruguay's scoring spree began in the fourth minute.
Two teenage boys smirked as they left the dock after being caged for a total of six years for a 24-hour violent crime spree.
The group then ran off towards Sholing where they began a wrecking spree by throwing more missiles at homes and vehicles.
Judge gives Universal Music 24 hours to explain takedown spree : Megaupload sued Universal Music for abusing the DMCA after the label tried to take down a Megaupload promotional video featuring some of the music industry's top stars. Ars Technica
The Ducks will still be on the historic losing spree and the new arena is far bigger than Mac Court and with far more expensive seats. Paulson stadium scheme will still be a no-bid deal (Jack Bog's Blog)
Weekly magazines feature photos of American celebrities and "wags," the British shorthand for "wives and girlfriends" of local soccer stars, who make headlines for their outrageous clothing and shopping sprees. Alien Invasion: High-School Prom
I went on a drinking/shopping/spending spree on Saturday.
We became friends, and went on a shopping spree in Oxford Street.
Ms. Jude also alleged that the councilman and his girlfriend went on spending sprees to avoid releasing city funds, returning with "bags of computer supplies" that would be stockpiled and assigned back-dated records. Misuse of Funds Is Alleged
Other small cities suffer sporadic sprees of vandalism, which their perpetrators call "rodeos" -- Nancy, for instance, and Rennes, which is now patrolled by gardiens de nuit, a sort of French version of New York's Guardian Angels. The Crescent and the Tricolor
A screaming match erupted in the Hamilton District Court yesterday as a man who went on a pokie-machine burglary spree in New Plymouth early this year was labelled a "nark". Stuff.co.nz - Stuff
At a press conference, a police spokesman spoke of the alleged crime spree as being clearly provoked and not really worth prosecution.
A strange extension to this ornithological theme are the displays featuring a giant birdcage inhabited by a moody-looking half-dressed woman – symbolic, perhaps, of the anxious consumer, desperate to break out of their economic prison for a restorative shopping spree. Christmas through the looking glass
America and its allies gear up for their big fight of the summer-to extend control over the southern province of Kandahar, which they call the cornerstone of the counterinsurgency campaign-the Taliban have been on a killing spree. The Economist: Correspondent's diary
They murdered fifteen boys in a killing spree across southern California.

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