• Despite their eight-point deficit, the Rhinos created a sustained spell of pressure on the brink of half time, but Jordan Tansey spurned a gilt-edged chance to bring Leeds to within two points of regular season champions.

    BBC: St Helens 38-10 Leeds

  • From the outcry, you'd think New York residents were being asked to pay a "spell-check tax" every time they fixed a string of letters in Microsoft Word.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Music memorabilia producers are hoping that loyalty, along with a new generation of listeners, will spell big-time Beatlemania.

    CNN: Beatlemania: The sequel

  • Three minutes into injury time the match appeared to be over as Everitt put London Irish back in front at 22-21 with a drop goal but, in an extended spell of added time, Barkley had the final say.

    BBC: Bath edge Exiles

  • Neither team had been able to mount a sustained spell of pressure but Paraguay did enjoy a brief period in the ascendancy shortly after the start of extra-time.

    BBC: Paraguay 0-0 Japan (5-3 pens)

  • Maybe so, but it will take a long time for Bulgari to cast a spell on travelers in search of a new, glamorous type of hotel.

    FORBES: Flight to quality

  • Mr Prescott, as he then was, honed by his time as a shop steward in the National Union of Seamen and a spell at Ruskin College in Oxford, soon made his mark on the national stage.

    BBC: The John Prescott story

  • Exxon Mobil's spell at the top of the rankings illustrated the importance of energy resources at a time when rising demand from Asia caused the oil price to rise more than fivefold over the past decade.

    ECONOMIST: The Apple effect

  • Blackburn had to endure something resembling a spell of pressure straight after the restart, with MyPa forcing a series of corners, although at no time was Brad Friedel in the Rovers' goal required to make any sort of save.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | Europe | MyPa 0-1 Blackburn

  • The light of a full moon shimmered on the plain, and from time to time they saw a rabbit jump, but Pereda paid no attention, and after a long spell of silence he softly began to sing a song in French that his late wife had liked.

    NEWYORKER: The Insufferable Gaucho

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