spiling

Definition of spilingnext
present participle of spile

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiling
Verb
  • Pennies languished between couch cushions and on closet floors, clogging vacuum cleaners and landfills.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Protests began April 7 with slow-moving convoys clogging roadways.
    Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Seeing a gap and filling the need, when the Boston Marathon was canceled for the first time in its history, PRC decided to host their own marathon.
    Courtney Cole, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Experts say consumers can benefit from comparing prices before filling up, using apps or local knowledge to find cheaper options.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Russian sage adds both height and texture to gardens without obstructing the view of the plants behind it, thanks to its airy appearance.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Joshua Mills, 32, was sentenced Thursday to five to 20 years in prison on one count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm and received an additional two to four years for two counts of resisting, obstructing or assaulting a police officer and one year for second-degree retail fraud.
    Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Then, about 20,000 years ago the Laurentide continental glacier moved into the area, pushing rocks, soil, and other debris, eventually damming Pine Creek and forming an expansive lake.
    Anthony Fredericks, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026
  • As these boar and beavers escape, digging up his neighbor’s fields and damming his streams, the two farmers begin to butt heads.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Some 20 Republicans joined most Democrats in blocking its advance.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Human Rights Watch said authorities have taken sweeping steps to curb religious practice, including tearing down churches and crosses, blocking gatherings at unregistered churches and seizing religious materials not approved by the state.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Sadie Robertson experienced every parent's worst nightmare when her 8-month-old daughter, Kit, stopped breathing after choking on a snack.
    Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
  • But what exactly does choking access to the region’s oil exports via the Strait of Hormuz mean and what does Trump want to accomplish?
    Garrett Downs, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • America does not need more trucks congesting roads in large population centers.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Spiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiling. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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