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spill

[spil] / spɪl /




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The 2021 spill was related to poor maintenance, not an overwhelming amount of rain, said Mark Gold, director of the California Ocean Ecosystem Monitoring Program at UCLA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Spanish economist and author Daniel Lacalle, in a recent conversation with MarketWatch, says France – along with the U.K. and Japan – are the countries whose financial troubles could spill across the borders.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

The researchers identified a large thermal gradient, with temperatures reaching approximately 350 degrees Celsius beside the magma intrusion and falling to about 72 degrees Celsius at an ancient seafloor asphalt spill roughly 300 meters higher.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Consider an oil pipeline in California that had been shut down for roughly a decade after a catastrophic spill.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

I look up so fast, I nearly spill my tea.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

“California’s beaches, coastal communities, and multi-billion-dollar economy depend on oceans free of oil spills, both now and for future generations.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

There is an old Yiddish joke: the schlemiel spills the soup; the schlimazel is the person it lands on.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Global fund managers are being haunted by a new worry — the possibility that bond yields could shoot higher in a “disorderly” manner, stoking volatility that potentially spills over into stocks and the broader economy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Like many other internet-fueled food crazes, Cane’s enthusiasm often spills offline in surprisingly tangible ways.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

My rage spills out of me, tainting every move.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Almost 18 tonnes of plastic nurdles are estimated to have spilled into the River Tyne after a collision between ships at the Port of Tyne in July.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Hundreds eventually spilled on to National Highway 44, a major route between Delhi and Punjab, blocking traffic for more than 15 hours.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The negative drumbeat continued as the week stretched on, and panic from some corners of Silicon Valley spilled into the mainstream.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Exceptional heat has also spilled over the traditional limits of summer, with high temperatures measured in late May and early September.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Their merchandise, provisions, and yurt had all spilled to the ground when their camels bolted.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

My motto in investing has always been cry over spilt milk, for analyzing errors is how you learn almost everything.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

We had it in rugby where fake blood was spilt, so we want to avoid that.

From BBC ● May 22, 2025

Sewage was spilt for 3.614 million hours in 2024 compared to 3.606 million hours in 2023.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2025

Once the milk is spilt, it's almost impossible to get back into the bottle.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024

The battle spilt this way and that, so close to my hiding place I heard Simon Sinton mumble instructions to himself.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

But regardless, this sentiment is spilling into the real world, as a recent Gallup poll showed 71% of Americans opposed construction of the physical manifestation of AI: data centers.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

That was from the water spilling over a dirt road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

European spy chiefs worry that Russia's war against Ukraine is increasingly spilling over onto their soil, but Kyiv's Western allies are struggling to come up with countermeasures to halt Moscow's "hybrid" attacks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

When neutrophils encounter pathogens, they can release toxic substances and even destroy themselves, spilling long strands of biological material that form web-like traps around invading microbes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

I call down to Pouncey, who’s working the hand crank that keeps bucket after bucket of chain rising up the rounded side of the silo and spilling in through the opening.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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