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 Real Housewives of Potomac take center stage to celebrate a decade of style, sass and sophistication, while spilling what’s still in store for this landmark season.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
The backlash was swift, spilling from the consortium’s mailing lists into the pages of the Guardian.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Martha Edelheit reimagines Gustave Courbet’s studio as a pandemonium of female bodies spilling across beds and fields.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Safely experience it during a sunrise hike with expert guides, beginning with a ride to King Kong Hill before catching the first rays of sunlight spilling over the crater.
—Desiree Norman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2025
In drone footage shared by San Francisco outlet KTVU, all lanes across Interstate 80 are blocked with traffic, with the chaos of the event spilling onto the freeway.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
And this is spilling into mainstream commerce and corporate cultures – gaming strategies are now used by a growing number of companies – including Peloton, Burberry, the New York Times, BMW, and Chipotle, Bergmann pointed out.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Upon the kick going through, fans began spilling onto the field to celebrate the upset victory.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Aster’s team didn’t sell the foreign rights to the book or submit it for film and TV rights to keep from spilling the beans.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
The backlash was swift, spilling from the consortium’s mailing lists into the pages of the Guardian.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Martha Edelheit reimagines Gustave Courbet’s studio as a pandemonium of female bodies spilling across beds and fields.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Safely experience it during a sunrise hike with expert guides, beginning with a ride to King Kong Hill before catching the first rays of sunlight spilling over the crater.
—Desiree Norman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2025
In drone footage shared by San Francisco outlet KTVU, all lanes across Interstate 80 are blocked with traffic, with the chaos of the event spilling onto the freeway.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
And this is spilling into mainstream commerce and corporate cultures – gaming strategies are now used by a growing number of companies – including Peloton, Burberry, the New York Times, BMW, and Chipotle, Bergmann pointed out.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Upon the kick going through, fans began spilling onto the field to celebrate the upset victory.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Aster’s team didn’t sell the foreign rights to the book or submit it for film and TV rights to keep from spilling the beans.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spilling
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What’s needed is training that will help directors put this tool into practice, with considerations around ethical use such as not disclosing confidential company information while posing a query to AI.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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Financial information is deeply personal and some worry that disclosing income or inheritance could create entitlement or unnecessary anxiety.—
Bruce Helmer,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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But there is precedent to Swift seemingly revealing all her cards, only to have one more ace hidden away.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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And in the brain’s white-matter wiring, visceral fat again stood out, with diffusion MRI scans revealing lower axon density and more tissue disorganization – tiny areas of wear-and-tear that can interrupt signaling.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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What's your process for discovering which types of topics or stories will appeal to our search audience?—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Sacramento County health inspectors gave the Sacramento liquor store a yellow placard after discovering a frog in a sink and cockroaches in various spots.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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And even in a film telling a universal story, some cultural allusions speak most strongly to the home audience.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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American technologists have been telling educators to rapidly adopt their new inventions for over a century.—
Justin Reich,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Each episode saw an actor pose as a teenager, uncovering a child predator in an anonymous online setting before reeling them in for an in-person meeting.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Chong Keat Aun’s Mother Bhumi stars Fan Bingbing as a woman in a Malaysian village in the 1990s uncovering the truth behind her husband’s death, while Zhang Lu, fresh from winning Busan’s Best Film Award for Gloaming In Luomu, is premiering Mothertongue, also starring Bai Baihe, in Tokyo.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Leaf blowers of any kind may disturb wildlife habitat and contribute to soil erosion by removing organic matter and exposing the top layer of soil.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Sep. 2025
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Rookie quarterback Cam Ward has shown flashes but has already been sacked 15 times, exposing major cracks in Tennessee's offensive line.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Spilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spilling. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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