as in disclosing
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 spilling
Is Katy Perry spilling the tea in London?
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Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Upon entering the main home, a travertine and wood great room is bookended by a den and a bar room, both featuring decorative fireplaces and floor-to-ceiling walls of glass spilling outside.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025
But all the desire in the world didn’t help as Jennings struggled to be some semblance of himself in the loss, with some of the frustration spilling over in a sideline interaction with coach Kyle Shanahan late in the first half.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
By that point, security was gone and some of the fans started spilling onto the field to soak in the biggest road win in Indiana history and get as close as possible to the brash 64-year-old architect of this most improbable turnaround.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The impact caused the lead locomotive to catch fire, and approximately 20 train cars derailed, spilling cargo into nearby fields, law enforcement officials said.
—Matt Henson, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025
The only thing bigger than the twist at the end of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2 is the willpower is took star and executive producer David Henrie to keep from spilling the beans ahead of time.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2025
Gold posted its strongest quarterly return since 1986 during the first quarter of 2025, with demand for safe havens spilling into other metals like silver and platinum.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Though the dream stalker is genuinely terrifying in the 1984 original, his cultural ubiquity grew as the character became less of a boogeyman than a kind of homicidal jester, one who spouts groan-worthy one-liners before spilling your guts.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Upon entering the main home, a travertine and wood great room is bookended by a den and a bar room, both featuring decorative fireplaces and floor-to-ceiling walls of glass spilling outside.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025
But all the desire in the world didn’t help as Jennings struggled to be some semblance of himself in the loss, with some of the frustration spilling over in a sideline interaction with coach Kyle Shanahan late in the first half.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
By that point, security was gone and some of the fans started spilling onto the field to soak in the biggest road win in Indiana history and get as close as possible to the brash 64-year-old architect of this most improbable turnaround.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The impact caused the lead locomotive to catch fire, and approximately 20 train cars derailed, spilling cargo into nearby fields, law enforcement officials said.
—Matt Henson, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025
The only thing bigger than the twist at the end of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2 is the willpower is took star and executive producer David Henrie to keep from spilling the beans ahead of time.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2025
Gold posted its strongest quarterly return since 1986 during the first quarter of 2025, with demand for safe havens spilling into other metals like silver and platinum.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Though the dream stalker is genuinely terrifying in the 1984 original, his cultural ubiquity grew as the character became less of a boogeyman than a kind of homicidal jester, one who spouts groan-worthy one-liners before spilling your guts.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spilling
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By suddenly disclosing its true holdings, China could drive up gold prices while signaling stronger backing for the renminbi, thus weakening the dollar’s global clout.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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None of this requires disclosing the weights or the particular data that gave the model its power.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Biden, 82, first disclosed his cancer diagnosis in May, revealing that the disease had spread to his bones.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Oct. 2025
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Even if devices are turned off, the system can generate information from other active WiFi devices in the environment, revealing presence and movement without consent.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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Health inspectors cited the soul food restaurant after discovering that the kitchen handwashing sink was blocked with multiple plastic buckets in the sink basin.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Levy was cast by Mark Bennett, arguably best known for discovering Amy Adams via 2005’s Junebug.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The shared ambivalence of all of these critics was telling.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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Ye Fan for The New York Times Caroline Palmer was telling the story of how she got hired at Vogue in 2001 when a waitress at Tierney’s Tavern plunked two pints of beer and a pile of glistening onion rings on the table between us.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Some of the galaxies shown in this collage were already captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, but the James Webb Space Telescope shows them in greater detail, uncovering new clues about gravitational lensing.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Many of us journalists enter this industry with lofty ideals about uncovering truth and holding power accountable.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Olympia is clearly torn about the situation, and almost confesses to Matty, but her fear that Julian's crimes could ruin the lives of their children keeps her mouth shut and her mind focused on exposing Senior.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Recent searches for a new police chief have taken over a year to complete, often exposing dysfunctions in the city’s branches of leadership.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Spilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spilling. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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