spill

Example Sentences

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After the spill, the utility diverted more than two billion gallons of raw sewage to the nearly 200-year-old Chesapeake and Ohio canal to avoid more releases into the Potomac.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

No particular couch sticks in my memory, so perhaps these were neutral couches awaiting my emotions to spill out over them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Imagine a swarm of robots rushing to complete an urgent job, such as cleaning up an oil spill or assembling complex machinery.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

And could stress in private-credit funds spill over into the broader financial system?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

“There was a spill thirty years ago. The contamination must have affected Pond’s water.”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young