spiling

Definition of spilingnext
present participle of spile

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiling
Verb
  • Puncerelli explains that lightweight, non-comedogenic oils can help replenish moisture without clogging hair follicles or weighing hair down.
    Iman Balagam, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Each of these features are helpful in ensuring the debris easily gets collected across her 1,640-square-foot home without clogging.
    Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • With dogma filling school days, students aren’t being educated and are left intellectually unprepared for much but obedience.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Working as an assistant in her sister-in-law’s empanada business, Cocson developed her own creation, filling the pastry with homemade longganisa sausage, shredded papaya, mung bean sprouts and an egg.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • After attempting one-man rule and declaring martial law, he was judged guilty of obstructing democracy.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Charges related to animal cruelty and neglect, concealed carry of a weapon, obstructing official business and falsification are pending.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Designed for a valley miles away from the Sacramento River, the reservoir would pump water through an underground pipe connecting to the river, rather than damming and trapping its water supply.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The more Austinites have expanded the surface area of lakes — by damming up the Colorado River with various degrees of success from 1893 to 1960 — the more moisture was available to evaporate into the air.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 4 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Harper logged seven minutes across two shifts, blocking one shot.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Minnesota and the Twin Cities filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking the deployment of immigration agents.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Sure, some out there were robbing old people, choking people, robbing them, beating them up, taking their money, but Troy just wasn’t like that.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • His criminal history included convictions for robbery, kidnapping and attempting to kill a corrections officer by choking him.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 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
  • 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
  • In the immediate aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder, one of the most vexing things occluding the facts of what happened was a general illiteracy regarding the online culture that had engulfed the alleged killer — its memes and codes and ideologies.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Spiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiling. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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