1.   Spare the rod, spoil the child.

2.   This was the Western world, where to spare the rod was to spoil the child.

3.   As a teacher, the market does not spare the rod.

4.   Not only did the NCAA Committee on Infractions spare the rod, it lavished the Red Raiders with some nice parting gifts.

5.   So she did not spare the rod in his upbringing.

6.   The rod was spared, but not the rifle.

7.   There is no reason to spare the rod for corporations that intentionally or recklessly disregard the safety of consumers.

8.   Education Minister Najib Abdul Razak complained Monday that sparing the rod has spoiled students, leading to a breakdown in school discipline and even occasional assaults on teachers.