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The design of this travel mug helps prevent spillage.
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Stars officials said the fields’ floodlight poles will be 70 feet tall and designed to minimize light spillage and glare.
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Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
In 2025, the marque recalled Z06 models from 2023 to 2025 and ZR1s from the same years dealt with a fuel-spillage problem that increased the risk of a fire.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2026
The arrival of Christianity destroyed some of these ties, but the greater wound came later, from oil extraction and endless spillages, which destroyed not only the habitat, but the culture that had grown from it.
—Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
Mercifully, this hero’s bread lacks the chewiness or density that, all too often, leads to textural and structural failures, resulting in chonic backend spillage.
—Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
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Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
In 2025, the marque recalled Z06 models from 2023 to 2025 and ZR1s from the same years dealt with a fuel-spillage problem that increased the risk of a fire.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2026
The arrival of Christianity destroyed some of these ties, but the greater wound came later, from oil extraction and endless spillages, which destroyed not only the habitat, but the culture that had grown from it.
—Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
Mercifully, this hero’s bread lacks the chewiness or density that, all too often, leads to textural and structural failures, resulting in chonic backend spillage.
—Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Spillage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spillage. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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spillage
noun
spill·age
ˈspil-ij 
1
: the act or process of spilling
2
: the quantity that spills
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