spiling

verb

present participle of spile
as in stoppling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiling
  1. clogging
  2. filling
  3. obstructing
  4. damming
  5. blocking
  6. choking
  7. congesting
  8. occluding
Verb
  • The lightweight oil instantly sinks into skin without clogging pores to leave skin firmer, radiant and refreshed.
    — Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • As minerals and bacteria collect inside the showerhead, fresh deposits stick to the existing buildup, eventually clogging the nozzles and restricting water flow.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2026
Definition of clogging
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  • Previously, applicants were to be reviewed by a screening committee to suggest top applicants to the superintendent’s leadership team, who then sent a recommendation for filling the position.
    — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
  • Ultimately, the best bar complements a whole-food diet, filling nutritional gaps rather than replacing essential meals.
    — Jess Cording, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of filling
Verb
  • Felony charges were later downgraded to misdemeanor charges of obstructing a peace officer and criminal mischief before being dropped altogether last month after Wilhoite was accepted into a diversion program.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • Lozano Flores is being held at the Ada County Jail on suspicion of lewd conduct with a child younger than 16, first-degree kidnapping, and resisting and obstructing an officer.
    — Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2026
Definition of obstructing
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  • And although bipartisan Congressional efforts have pushed back on some of the deepest cuts, damage was still done, damming the flow of funding, halting experiments, delaying new research, and impeding the work of scientists worldwide.
    — Eric Schmidt, Time, 16 July 2026
  • The nine-hole golf course opened in 1908, the same year the city’s first outdoor swimming pool at the park was created by damming up Tyler Creek.
    — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
Definition of damming
Verb
  • When Duterte refused, China began blocking Filipino fishermen from the shoal again.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • The prior month a federal court judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking agents from using racial profiling to carry out indiscriminate arrests in Southern California.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of blocking
Verb
  • Blackwell was charged with strangulation and simple assault after allegedly grabbing his girlfriend by her wrist and choking her on April 4, according to the criminal complaint.
    — Patrick Damp, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • There are dozens more fires burning across the state, choking the air in Oregon and sending smoke across the country.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Definition of choking
Verb
  • With other satellites already congesting the orbit, the quiet darkness of the night sky may soon become a luxury of the past.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
  • The signature ingredient, however, is the brand’s plum complex—the sister founders of Le Prunier use materials from their family’s century-old plum farm—to support collagen production, skin barrier health, and hydration without congesting pores.
    — Emily Orofino, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Definition of congesting
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  • From Earth’s vantage point—right along the faraway magnetar’s equator—the wobbling disk acted like a film projector’s shutter, periodically occluding our view of the dead star supercharging SN 2024afav.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
  • For example, if a ball rolled behind some occluding object and temporarily disappeared from view, the model generated an error when the ball didn’t reappear from behind the object in future frames.
    — Anil Ananthaswamy, Wired News, 7 Dec. 2025
Definition of occluding
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