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spiling

present participle of spile

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiling
Verb
  • This prevents the drains from clogging up and causing floods.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The attorney general’s office said that plastic retail bags comprise much of the waste that is polluting California’s ecosystems and clogging its waterways.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Reduce overall soil needs in a large container by filling the bottom of the pot with empty milk jugs or aluminum cans.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Known for their high-energy performances and irresistible grooves, April and the Funk Junkies have become a San Diego favorite, filling dance floors with their mix of funk, soul, pop, and rock classics.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Salah was convicted in April on one count of planting the hoax bomb and another count of obstructing the free exercise of religion.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan is facing federal charges for allegedly obstructing agents trying to arrest an undocumented immigrant.
    John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The authors further emphasize that behaviors such as waterfall climbing may be especially vulnerable to environmental pressures, including habitat fragmentation and river damming.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The ingredient works by temporarily blocking nerve signals and causing muscles to relax.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Video shared by police shows a mix of motorcycles, scooters and ATVs blocking an intersection.
    Adam Sabes , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The clouds billowed as far east as New York, choking farm economies in the middle of the country and sending millions of people on the move.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The two eventually fell to the floor of the bus, and the choking continued, according to the complaint.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
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 29 Nov. 2025.

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