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
The sprawling residence has eight bedrooms, each with a private bath and many spilling open to Aegean-facing patios.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
During Juneteenth weekend, the neighborhood feels less like a district and more like an open invitation — murals, pop-ups, and installations spilling into storefronts and sidewalks, with artists and visitors drifting in and out of shared space.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 14 May 2026
Use a dish that’s large enough to keep food from overflowing and spilling onto the oven floor.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
Polarization has been rising for years, recently spilling over into increasingly partisan viewpoints and even outright hostility.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 13 May 2026
Some nights the crowd heaves outside Mắm and the feeling is catch as catch can, diners hunched on low plastic stools eating off only slightly taller plastic tables, on the sidewalk and in the street, even spilling over to a nearby empty storefront.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Citi also argued the semiconductor cycle was increasingly spilling over into the real economy.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 11 May 2026
These are the remnants of clothes discarded in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and elsewhere that arrive in the northern Indian city of Panipat by the truckload, spilling over in loose, overflowing heaps.
—Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
Now, one Idaho resident is more likely going to be spilling beer and potato chips on the exact same turf.
—Shaun Goodwin
may 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
During Juneteenth weekend, the neighborhood feels less like a district and more like an open invitation — murals, pop-ups, and installations spilling into storefronts and sidewalks, with artists and visitors drifting in and out of shared space.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 14 May 2026
Use a dish that’s large enough to keep food from overflowing and spilling onto the oven floor.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
Polarization has been rising for years, recently spilling over into increasingly partisan viewpoints and even outright hostility.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 13 May 2026
Some nights the crowd heaves outside Mắm and the feeling is catch as catch can, diners hunched on low plastic stools eating off only slightly taller plastic tables, on the sidewalk and in the street, even spilling over to a nearby empty storefront.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Citi also argued the semiconductor cycle was increasingly spilling over into the real economy.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 11 May 2026
These are the remnants of clothes discarded in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and elsewhere that arrive in the northern Indian city of Panipat by the truckload, spilling over in loose, overflowing heaps.
—Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
Now, one Idaho resident is more likely going to be spilling beer and potato chips on the exact same turf.
—Shaun Goodwin
may 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spilling
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City officials, when wielding that exemption, must determine if the public interest in keeping documents secret outweighs the public interest in disclosing documents, First Amendment Coalition Executive Director David Snyder said.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2026
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Tempura-ed squash blossoms disclosing caches of ratatouille?—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Verb
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The late-night host concluded his TV tenure in May 2015 after revealing his plans to retire the previous year.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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Such spectroscopy is a powerful technique for in-depth studies of celestial objects, capable of revealing their rotation, motion, composition, distance, and much more.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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Cannes, after all, has always prided itself on discovering and nurturing new talent — and pushing the envelope of what cinema both is and can be.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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For Birmingham, that means discovering what Alabama’s second-largest city really offers—especially its quietly stellar food scene that’s been racking up James Beard nominations.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
15 May 2026
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Instead, poor Jack is burdened with the task of telling the story of Willie Stark’s rise from the vantage of Willie Stark’s fall.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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Are airlines basically telling consumers, Zach, that the era of ultra cheap flying just isn't profitable anymore?—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Ultimately, the team’s work resulted in uncovering documentary evidence of more than 1,000 incidents of ghost voting, forgery and other forms of vote fraud.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Advertisement Marie discovers this information after uncovering that her daughter was having an affair with a married man.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
7 May 2026
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As her lie begins to unravel, her hunger for validation spirals into something far darker, drawing a devastated father into a desperate search and exposing a culture more obsessed with spectacle than consequence.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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Several towns split their votes between Lamont and Elliott, exposing a bitter divide within the state’s party over whether Connecticut should turn in a more progressive direction.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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