spilt

Example Sentences

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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

An overturned lorry forced the closure of the M6 motorway when it spilt diesel across the road in Staffordshire.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025

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

There was plenty of work to do, and he could pretend to concentrate hard on peeling the rotten leaves off the cabbages or sponging the spilt milk from the refrigerator floor.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte