spill over

Example Sentences

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When the floods spill over Botswana’s Okavango Delta every year, fat antelopes congregate in lush grazing grounds and big predators treat the islands like snack bars.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nurse says that households generate around a third more waste during the festive period which can often means bins spill over.

From BBC

Yet there are also signs the cost of tariffs are spilling over from manufacturers to service companies — and that would be bad news indeed.

From MarketWatch

Furthermore, Edwards observes that the enthusiasm for gold is in fact exceeded by other precious metals and is starting to spill over into the industrial metals like copper.

From MarketWatch

It is raising questions about whether the central bank might need to do more to prevent problems from spilling over into the broader financial system.

From MarketWatch