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spill

[spil] / spɪl /




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The researchers identified a large thermal gradient, with temperatures reaching approximately 350 degrees Celsius beside the magma intrusion and falling to about 72 degrees Celsius at an ancient seafloor asphalt spill roughly 300 meters higher.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Consider an oil pipeline in California that had been shut down for roughly a decade after a catastrophic spill.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

A manager attributed the readings to a paint-thinner spill, but Dixon said she had also found high readings 400 yards away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

While the brief looked at a variety of economic outcomes — including employment, wages and general inflation — looking at rental conditions alone can help isolate how housing markets spill over into people’s everyday lives.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Cockroaches poured from under the door, spreading over the floor like an oil spill.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Global fund managers are being haunted by a new worry — the possibility that bond yields could shoot higher in a “disorderly” manner, stoking volatility that potentially spills over into stocks and the broader economy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

I have loved this sport my entire life, and a version of it that spills into more of the week is, to me, simply more of a good thing.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Like many other internet-fueled food crazes, Cane’s enthusiasm often spills offline in surprisingly tangible ways.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Fuel spills are also a concern, and several big Western shipping firms including France's CMA-CGM, Switzerland's MSC and Germany's Hapag-Lloyd have already pledged they will not use the Northern Sea Route.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

It’s like she pulled the end of a ball of yarn and it spills out on the table between us, a big, unorganized mess with no end or beginning.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The negative drumbeat continued as the week stretched on, and panic from some corners of Silicon Valley spilled into the mainstream.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Social media spats between the fighters have brought plenty of heat, but Conor Benn does not compare it to the raw nature of the Eubank saga, which spilled over into face-to-face fury.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Exceptional heat has also spilled over the traditional limits of summer, with high temperatures measured in late May and early September.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Tensions in the deliberation room spilled into public view on Thursday afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The chocolaty sauce of the chicken enchiladas spilled out of the rolled-up tortillas and mixed in with the rice and beans, making the dish extra delicious.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Half-backs Marcus Smith and Jack van Poortvliet both missed out on selection last week and are named on a 6-2 bench spilt.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

My motto in investing has always been cry over spilt milk, for analyzing errors is how you learn almost everything.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

"I'm not going to cry over spilt milk, it's over now."

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2024

Whilst a spilt layer of coffee on a table may sit apparently motionless, at the nanoscale the chaotic motion of molecules creates random waves on a liquid's surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2023

Her hair spilt over her folded face like pondweed.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

That was from the water spilling over a dirt road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

European spy chiefs worry that Russia's war against Ukraine is increasingly spilling over onto their soil, but Kyiv's Western allies are struggling to come up with countermeasures to halt Moscow's "hybrid" attacks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

When neutrophils encounter pathogens, they can release toxic substances and even destroy themselves, spilling long strands of biological material that form web-like traps around invading microbes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

That strength ends up spilling over, to some degree, to other truck modalities, such as refrigerated trucks and dry-van trucking, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

It consisted of a series of four brick terraces, rising above the Euphrates River, with lush flowering shrubs and trees spilling over the city.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell




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