spile
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Peeta’s found a good vein and the water begins to gush from the spile.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
By wiggling and adjusting the spile, we get a thin stream running out.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
My fingers fumble at my belt and find the spile still hanging from its vine.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
I have the pearl, though, secured in a parachute with the spile and the medicine at my waist.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
Then I think of the spile and wrest it from the tree trunk.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
Many tech stocks were having a rough start after Broadcom’s fiscal second-quarter report sparked a 15.5% decline in the stock—and spiled across the sector.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Well, see here: argyment’s my weakness, in a manner of speaking; I wouldn’t a-borne down and spiled sport not for gold untold, no, not for rum, I wouldn’t!
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Stevenson, Robert Louis
I've stood down on mine, and as good as spiled 'em.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
I loved my little birdie; but I was a foolish man, and I should ha' spiled her.
From The Lamplighter by Cummins, Maria S.
If he were not just a little "spiled," it was no fault of his mother.
From Winter Fun by Stoddard, William O.
And there’s many a lady that she never would have seen a cent, let alone making herself pay for the spiling of it.”
From At Fault by Chopin, Kate
The ship passed between the long rows of spiling with nice judgment.
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
I rushed forrard, and raised her to my arms: spiling thereby a new weskit and a pair of crimson smalcloes.
From The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Now get out of here–the both of you: you’re spiling trade.
From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen
"Faix—we wouldn't be afther spiling your honer's divarsion, my lord, on no account," said another.
From The Kellys and the O'Kellys by Trollope, Anthony
