spiled

past tense of spile

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiled
Verb
  • Gasping for air, her mouth and nostrils clogged with dirt.
    Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Narrow streets clogged with selfie-snapping visitors, and popular districts like Gion, known for its traditional tea houses and geisha, have attempted to crack down on tourists after incidents of trespassing and aggressive photography.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The avalanche temporarily dammed the Lonza River, which runs through Blatten, and small lakes, filled with dead trees and detritus from homes, formed on each side of the village.
    Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
  • One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the Mendenhall Glacier has started to release rainwater and snowmelt downstream, according to officials.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • With good reason, as the history of this Louisiana city is filled with lore of witchcraft, voodoo, and even vampires.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Carrasco notes that the bear and woman video was posted by an account filled with Sora videos, which signals to him that the viral animal encounter clip is AI as well.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For all of his reading has driven Alonso Quixano insane, the implications of which are often skillfully occluded in some of the more romantic misrememberings of the novel.
    Ed Simon September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yet this claim conceals the fact that registration is swift for compliant unions but obstructed for independent ones.
    Sourcing Journal, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
  • What To Know DHS issued a statement claiming that Retes became violent, refused to comply with officers and obstructed their path, leading to his arrest for assault.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Keep in mind, traffic is congested in and around USBS on concert nights and the nearby Armory has electronic dance music star Crankdat booked Friday night, further adding to the crush.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The school's kitchen and cafeteria are congested with long serving lines, according to the district's website.
    Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Health inspectors cited the soul food restaurant after discovering that the kitchen handwashing sink was blocked with multiple plastic buckets in the sink basin.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The glass windows are blocked by tables and a piano and a crib and a dressmaker’s dummy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Every table jammed, every seat taken.
    Kate Belli, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • During his time at Dunbar, Tupac arrived most mornings with three thick binders jammed with loose-leaf paper.
    Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Spiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiled. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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