spile
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Rhys: I don’t do much with Instagram but my algorithm is generally older men showing you how to kind of spile a garboard plank next to a keel, things like that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Peeta’s found a good vein and the water begins to gush from the spile.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
She opens the silver parachute and pulls out the spile and slips it onto her pinkie.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
I drop the spile, forget where I am or what lies ahead, only know I must reach her, protect her.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
He and Finnick take turns opening up the hole with the awl and the knives until it can hold the spile.
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
It wuz a shame to hev sech a good match spiled.
From David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West by Belle Kanaris Maniates
Thar, neighbour; I’m afraid I’ve spiled yer axe, but I’m sure I’ve spiled the bar.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Johann Baptist Zwecker
"Well, my man's beauty's spiled forever," said Shorty.
From Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys by John McElroy
But they spiled you fer the habitations o' man.
From The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
Now get out of here–the both of you: you’re spiling trade.
From In the Heart of a Fool by William Allen White
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 William Makepeace Thackeray
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 Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
Down below two dark forms, covered with mud and flour paste, could be seen clutching at the slippery braces of the spiling.
From Young Hunters of the Lake by Ralph Bonehill
"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 Anthony Trollope
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