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also spilt
as in revealed
to make known (as information previously kept secret)
the actor's butler spilled the secret to a tabloid for $40,000
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Recent Examples of spilled
The ghastly kills are there — innards are spilled on floors, knives go through temples, heads stuck on pikes expel vomitous discharge — but there’s little of the preceding back-and-forth that made such scenes notable in the past and at least conceptually justified the grotesquerie.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Surveillance video from that night shows a man wearing a Blackhawks jersey entering the store, then stumbling out before a struggle spilled into the street.
—Darius Johnson, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
That violence has at times spilled over the border into San Diego, including in early 2024, when three shootings left two people dead and one wounded.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
The tension also spilled into his confrontations with the judicial branch.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
The weakness in these individual stocks spilled over into the broader market.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
Reports from opposition sources indicated that shots were also fired as security units attempted to disperse gatherings that had spilled beyond campus grounds into surrounding streets.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
In 2002 a barista at the Starbucks inside a Calabasas Barnes & Noble gave Toberoff’s wife a too-full cup of coffee that spilled on their 20-month-old son, scalding him.
—Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
After weeks of heightened immigration enforcement activity in Minnesota, anxiety has spilled into the workplace.
—Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Surveillance video from that night shows a man wearing a Blackhawks jersey entering the store, then stumbling out before a struggle spilled into the street.
—Darius Johnson, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
That violence has at times spilled over the border into San Diego, including in early 2024, when three shootings left two people dead and one wounded.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
The tension also spilled into his confrontations with the judicial branch.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
The weakness in these individual stocks spilled over into the broader market.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
Reports from opposition sources indicated that shots were also fired as security units attempted to disperse gatherings that had spilled beyond campus grounds into surrounding streets.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
In 2002 a barista at the Starbucks inside a Calabasas Barnes & Noble gave Toberoff’s wife a too-full cup of coffee that spilled on their 20-month-old son, scalding him.
—Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
After weeks of heightened immigration enforcement activity in Minnesota, anxiety has spilled into the workplace.
—Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spilled
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The company hasn’t revealed any specifications, names, or pricing yet.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2026
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The strange triple play might have revealed a few important truths for the Giants.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Conservationists kept looking, however, and in the late 1970s, a new population of the birds was discovered.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Rediscovery of ancient creatures Back in the 1970s, the team discovered the fossils eroding from a rock formation on the Noonkanbah cattle station, located east of the isolated township of Derby in the Kimberley.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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During the three-day trial, prosecutors disclosed Huitzilin’s full name, his wife’s full name, the names and ages of their children, their now-former home address and details about Huitzilin’s career as a federal agent and military combat veteran.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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An individual then fired shots that struck the male, whose age has yet to be disclosed, according to police.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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According to Patel and the American Academy of Pediatrics, doctors generally don't recommend children play outside in temperatures or wind chills below -15 degrees Fahrenheit because at those temperatures, skin that is uncovered can start freezing in minutes.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Times investigations uncovered the alert failure in January of last year, and later found that almost no fire trucks were in that side of the community as the inferno raged through.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Everton’s defensive structure had also left them exposed to a quick counter.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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The hike to Palmyra Peak is also longer and more exposed than the one at Highlands.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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Cameron Adams, Canva's co-founder and product chief, told CNBC that customers have been asking what the company can offer in motion graphics.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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The unveiling was conducted in connection with Black History Month, a spokesman for Rodriguez told City News Service.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Spilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spilled. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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