as in to reveal
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 spill
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2025
Be Self-Aware A major key for momming while overwhelmed is not making a routine of allowing our stress to spill over onto our children.
—Jazmine Denise Thompson, Essence, 22 Jan. 2025
Toni Sutton, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Store those in any other room that isn’t as prone to spills, liquids, and messes, and free up your kitchen counters or table.
—Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Blot spills immediately with a colorfast cloth and lift solids with a spoon or spatula.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2025
Be Self-Aware A major key for momming while overwhelmed is not making a routine of allowing our stress to spill over onto our children.
—Jazmine Denise Thompson, Essence, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
For daily messes and spills, hauling out a traditional full-size vacuum isn’t convenient.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Store those in any other room that isn’t as prone to spills, liquids, and messes, and free up your kitchen counters or table.
—Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spill
Verb
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After his son burst into the room, Gordon turned to the boy and revealed the excuse for his violent outburst, Brandon said.—
Ellen Moynihan,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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Wildfires Per usual, no details are being revealed about the characters.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In April, she was named On’s creative partner, starring in the first installment of The Body Is Art campaign last fall.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
23 Jan. 2025
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Bases previously have been used for that purpose, and after the 2021 fall of Kabul to the Taliban, they were used to host thousands of Afghan evacuees.—
Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Contrary to realty ethics rules, Pearl did not disclose in the listing that the house doesn’t have a certificate of occupancy, and its building permit expired Feb. 15.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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As massive as these industrial farms can be, state officials disclose little information about dry-litter poultry farms, the roughly 4,700 farms responsible for raising more than 99% of the state’s billion birds, according to state agricultural data.—
Gavin Off,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2025
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Marshall Wace, one of London’s largest hedge funds, saw its earnings tumble by almost two-thirds last year.—
Robert Olsen,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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What a pathetic way for that portion of my career to end, with a sad little slow-motion tumble in the 64th minute of a miserable 3-2 defeat by Romania.—
Alan Shearer,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Nearly four years after Gabby Petito’s remains were discovered in Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest, Netflix is set to release a new docuseries into the shocking murder of the #vanlife vlogger by her then-fiancé, Brian Laundrie.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
27 Jan. 2025
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This refuge provided temporary shelter until it was discovered in 1942.—
Natalia Romik / Madę by History,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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That can make the AI energy gamble seem less like a logical bet and more like a cynical stumble into an oncoming fire.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
22 Jan. 2025
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There will be stumbles along the way to implementing AI in healthcare, and minimizing those stumbles will require critical eyes as usage continues to grow.—
Trenor Williams,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The 24-year-old Brooklyn man who was run down by a group of attackers and fatally stabbed Thursday was a father and aspiring rapper, the victim’s family told the Daily News Saturday.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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One fundamental Roseman has taken into account, Banner told PHLY’s YouTube show last week, was the reality that nearly 80% of NFL games are won by the team that leads at halftime.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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Nothing is yet agreed but dialogue is progressing with head coach Ruben Amorim keen to add reinforcements in the January window amid a run of form that has seen his new side slip to just 10 points above the Premier League’s relegation zone.—
David Ornstein,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The marina caters to Fort Lauderdale’s boating swagger, boasting 164 boat slips and dockside concierge service for those who want to arrive by water.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Spill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spill. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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