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The design of this travel mug helps prevent spillage.
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Although there was no spillage of beer involved, Tuesday’s situation did leave behind a bit of a problem for the clean up crews.
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There was no spillage and there appears to be no damage to the train, according to representatives of Sierra Northern Railway, the train operator.
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Along with repairs to existing dikes around the basin to prevent spillage, an eight-mile dam was constructed just south of the Syr Darya River.
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Dalay Parrondo, Hannah Bettes, and Ji Young Chae were the vivacious, good-time Gypsies and special friends of the Montague boys, scooping up the spillage when two fruit carts collided and staring down the disdainful Tybalt.
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Even for the lowest-impact of activities, the squeezing, stiffness, and spillage of an ill-fitting bra can throw off your flow.
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If a pipe freezes and breaks, the spillage is limited only to the water in the pipe.
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The maximum potential spillage could be 4,200 gallons, the Coast Guard said.
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The sauce comes in a container with a tear-off top, which is mostly fine, except that the container is flimsy, which can result in spillage—which, however Special the Special Garlic Dipping Sauce may be, is a decidedly suboptimal situation.
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First Known Use of spillage
1924
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Definition of spillage for English Language Learners
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: an occurrence in which something is spilled accidentally
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