spile
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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
Tie up the spile and the tube of medicine in the parachute and fix it to my belt with vine.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
Fortunately the vines here are strong and the spile and tube of medicine wrapped in the parachute are still secured to my belt.
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
Finnick goes to hammer the spile into the green bark of a massive tree with a rock, but I stop him.
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
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
I hadn't no idee cream spiled coffee so.
From Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys by McElroy, John
But if’n he does that, I’ll get too rotten spiled ter stay in Heaven.
From Molly Brown of Kentucky by Speed, Nell
And she vowed it was spiled, while Jack looked jest as though he could scrumplicate me.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. July 30, 1887 by
Here his feet were close to the water, but he supported himself on a cross rail nailed from one section of the spiling to another.
From Young Hunters of the Lake by Bonehill, Ralph
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)
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
Then the spiling gave way under the strain that for several minutes had been put upon it, and the dam went out with a crash and a roar, accompanied by a series of terrifying explosions.
From Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
Now get out of here–the both of you: you’re spiling trade.
From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen
