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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 brawl spilled outside of the ring, with Punk tossing Paul into a barricade.
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Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
The standing-room only crowd spilled beyond the pews of the church overlooking the Detroit River and into an entryway.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Video of that incident shows a man identified by police as Calhoon lunging across the table, yanking it toward him and flipping it on its side while Turning Point promotional materials spilled onto the pavement.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The ongoing drama between Stause and Young spilled over once again in the latest season.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
The sense of dysfunction soon spilled into public view.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2025
The crash spilled into a nearby industrial area to the south of the airport, impacting some bulk fuel storage facilities, and Louisville Fire Chief Brian O'Neill said some fuel tanks on the ground ruptured in the incident.
—Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Peter Maas’s 1968 best-seller spilled the secrets of the Mob as recalled by a soldier in the Genovese crime family.
—Susan Mulcahy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Those tensions spilled over during the fourth inning when Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski threw three fastballs up and in to Blue Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
The standing-room only crowd spilled beyond the pews of the church overlooking the Detroit River and into an entryway.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Video of that incident shows a man identified by police as Calhoon lunging across the table, yanking it toward him and flipping it on its side while Turning Point promotional materials spilled onto the pavement.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The ongoing drama between Stause and Young spilled over once again in the latest season.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
The sense of dysfunction soon spilled into public view.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2025
The crash spilled into a nearby industrial area to the south of the airport, impacting some bulk fuel storage facilities, and Louisville Fire Chief Brian O'Neill said some fuel tanks on the ground ruptured in the incident.
—Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Peter Maas’s 1968 best-seller spilled the secrets of the Mob as recalled by a soldier in the Genovese crime family.
—Susan Mulcahy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Those tensions spilled over during the fourth inning when Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski threw three fastballs up and in to Blue Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spilled
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The season 2 finale introduced a dizzying cheating scandal that revealed even more cracks in the ever-cratering friend group.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Nov. 2025
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Their excavations revealed no signs of a social hierarchy, such as statues of specific individuals.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Thailand accused Cambodia of laying fresh landmines following the removal of a barbed wire fence, which was discovered on November 9.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Officers discovered his body Thursday inside his apartment on the 2000 block of San Juan Road in the Natomas neighborhood.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Suarez is permitted to accept such gifts as long as they are disclosed, as this gift was, and the giver is not a city lobbyist.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Most were disclosed in late October, when Amazon, Meta Platforms and Applied Materials reported separate layoff decisions.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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At the same time, Austrian Nazis plotted a coup, plans for which were uncovered in a raid on their headquarters on January 25.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Since the investigation began, it has been uncovered that the suspects forced entry using power tools to break through the second-floor window at the Galerie d'Apollon (Apollo Gallery), which had opened its doors to the public.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Kennedy had argued the animals exposed to flu may hold potential for disease research, but the agency said there was no evidence for this and yesterday the Canadian Supreme Court declined to weigh in on the case, removing the last legal roadblock to prevent their culling.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Then later, a week after the testing was done, state inspectors discovered that about a dozen residents who had been exposed to COVID-19 were being housed in the same rooms as a slew of residents who hadn’t.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Arkansans who rely on federal food assistance could see their benefits restored as early as next week, Janet Mann, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, told a legislative committee Thursday.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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Among the Continental soldiers taken prisoner at the Battle of Trois-Rivières in Quebec in 1776, for instance, eighty-nine of two hundred told their redcoat captors they had been born overseas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Spilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spilled. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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