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When she was teaching, Jen says WhatsApp groups for year groups of pupils also caused issues, particularly among the older children, if discussions or arguments spilled over into real-life in the playground.

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It was after that vote that things spilled over into the incident which cost Hepburn his job.

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The governor said they were now being told to avoid confrontations, but anger spilled over in another confrontation with Thai troops on 4 September.

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"They need migrant workers to keep up with development, but Haiti's violence is spilling over to Turks and Caicos."

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After a summer of discontent which saw racial tensions spill over in parts of Northern Ireland, it's fair to say there hasn't exactly been a joint response from the executive to it.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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