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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiled
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As volunteer groups and concerned family members head toward the affected areas, heavy traffic has clogged the highway, preventing ambulances and rescue crews from reaching those in need.
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The government dropped a plan to end winter home heating subsidies for millions of retirees, reversed itself on tough plans to cut welfare spending and eased a new agricultural inheritance tax after angry farmers protested and clogged the streets of London with tractors.
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The water, too, was wild—the Allegheny and its tributaries had yet to be dammed, and Flag Swamp was noted as one of the last hideouts for beavers in the state.
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Morris grew up along the White River (a portion of which was dammed to create today’s Table Rock Lake) in the Ozarks, where fishing wasn’t just a pastime but a way of life.
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The Northern California chain was known for its Kojas, a sandwich filled with Korean BBQ meat and sauces between garlic-fried-rice buns.
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Meanwhile, the infrared components illustrate the explosion’s growing shell filled with cosmic dust.
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There’s so much that has been occluded by the broad-brush depiction of the eighties as the awful age of Reagan, yuppies, shoulder pads, mullets, and synth-drums.
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Unlike supermassive black holes, the critics argued, LRDs appeared occluded by much denser clouds of gas, potentially mandating a more direct method for accurately measuring their mass.
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Officers attempted to detain suspects at Turk and Taylor streets, but other people surrounded and obstructed them in an attempt to free the people, Rueca said.
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Srebnick also questioned Alber about how the view of the channel marker Pino slammed into was obstructed by other markers.
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The tissue layers surrounding the brain (meninges) were congested in the area of the stingray spine.
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Your pores might be congested with gunk or product residue, so double-cleansing can make all the difference.
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Luis Suarez’s first pass near the back line was blocked back to him.
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Messi got at the end of a through ball in the box, was one-on-one with Vozinha, and the keeper blocked the legend’s shot with his mid-section.
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Auto traffic on the Intercity Viaduct (today’s Lewis and Clark Viaduct) jammed and came to a standstill.
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Such drones can’t be jammed and have to be shot down one by one.
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“Spiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiled. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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