Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boiled over
Verb
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This one had ran over to me to seek refuge from his siblings.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
23 Oct. 2025 -
While driving back home from their girlfriend’s, a Reddit user almost ran over something on a two-lane road.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Peter Maas’s 1968 best-seller spilled the secrets of the Mob as recalled by a soldier in the Genovese crime family.—
Susan Mulcahy,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Those tensions spilled over during the fourth inning when Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski threw three fastballs up and in to Blue Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Boiled over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boiled%20over. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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