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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiling
Verb
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When these two ingredients mix, a powerful reaction occurs that creates carbon dioxide which helps to break through whatever is clogging your drain.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
8 May 2026 -
This figures to be a challenging season for the Dolphins with so much dead money clogging the books.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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There are a total of 16 slots carved into the wooden frame and the Wild are one-fourth of the way to filling it up heading in Game 3 of the second round against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night at Grand Casino Arena.—
Dane Mizutani,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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And here's a story about how the United States is exporting oil at record levels, filling a global supply gap even as gas prices remain stubbornly high back home.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Eight people were arrested at the demonstration, Gothamist said, and were charged with resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Guido Reichstadter was safely removed from the bridge and is charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding, unlawful entry and failing to obey an officer, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) told Fox News Digital.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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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
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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
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When a conversation shows patterns linked to common fraud tactics, users may receive prompts that explain the risk and suggest actions like blocking or reporting the account.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Certain graphics on this page may be affected by ad-blocking software.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Jurors then heard sounds of banging and choking — and Athena screaming and crying, the Star-Telegram reports.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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How about allegedly choking a live-in chef?—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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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
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America does not need more trucks congesting roads in large population centers.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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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 12 May. 2026.
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