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
Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
On an ideal morning, Giovanna Ruiz would wake up slowly as the sun spilled across her bedroom wall.
—Johane Saintil, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
Save yourself from pricey hotel laundry services and on-the-go spills with Shout’s Wipe and Go Instant Stain Removers—they’re just $2 on Amazon.
—Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 3 Feb. 2026
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Verb
The stone mat wraps around the faucet and acts as a splash guard, absorbing splashes and spills around the area.
—Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
On an ideal morning, Giovanna Ruiz would wake up slowly as the sun spilled across her bedroom wall.
—Johane Saintil, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
The Valdez oil spill was one of history’s worst environmental and public relations disasters.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
Save yourself from pricey hotel laundry services and on-the-go spills with Shout’s Wipe and Go Instant Stain Removers—they’re just $2 on Amazon.
—Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spill
Verb
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Brad Arnold, the 47-year-old cofounder and lead singer of the Mississippi rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, nine months after revealing a diagnosis of kidney cancer.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Lest he be dismissed as a flighty lefty, Danbank revealed some details about his family’s political history.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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These organisms survived the rise and fall of ice sheets, the extinction of megafauna and the entire arc of human history — all while sitting in frozen silence beneath the Alaskan ground.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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Construction is expected to begin this summer and wrap up in fall 2027.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Callella has been arrested on suspicion of transmitting a demand for ransom in interstate commerce, and without disclosing his identity, utilizing a telecommunications device with the intent to abuse, threaten or harass a person.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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There are also chatty, jokey messages pointing to a much closer relationship with Epstein than Mandelson had disclosed.—
JILL LAWLESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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The action is punctuated by flash-frame collages that bring earlier and later observations together in a tumble of associations and hint at the drama’s mystical, phantasmagorical essence.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Bitcoin jumped after a 50% tumble from its peak.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Investigative Committee said a Makarov pistol with a silencer was discovered at the scene.—
CNN's Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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During Coulier's six-month checkup and PET scans, doctors discovered a flare-up had returned as an enlarged tumor.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Simi Valley has put its last season’s stumbles behind it and is preparing for a tough Notre Dame Academy squad.—
Justin Vigil Zuniga,
Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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His teams won five College World Series titles — three at Fullerton and two at Texas — and left an enduring impact of triumph with some stumbles and plenty of laughs along the way.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The singer then materialized and handed the boy one of his Grammys and told him always to believe in himself.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Crashes, luge athletes will tell you, are part of the game, a necessary teaching tool that helps young lugers learn how to navigate sliding on their back down an icy course, sometimes faster than 90 miles per hour.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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After a nonconference season that saw dizzying highs like the Central Connecticut State men knocking off Boston College and Rutgers, and Quinnipiac’s upset of Pittsburgh, there’ve been a flew slip-ups of late.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2026
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And she’s been on a loafer kick, no pun intended, for a minute, pairing slip-ons with barrel jeans for date night.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Spill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spill. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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