Ahead, the Grammy winner
spills
the tea on the iconic songs and stories that have come to define her career.
—
Hanna Lustig,
Glamour
, 27 Sep. 2023
Some of those gains
spill
over into the low-income world, but often with productivity losses due to differences in soils, pests, and climate.
—
Christopher B. Barrett,
Foreign Affairs
, 25 Sep. 2023
Some
spilled
and floated away when the spacecraft scooped up too much and rocks jammed the container’s lid during collection three years ago.
—
Marcia Dunn,
The Christian Science Monitor
, 24 Sep. 2023
As early as 1776, Adam Smith feared that the monotony of factory jobs, which required repeating one or two rote tasks all day long, would
spill
over into workers’ private lives.
—
WIRED
, 21 Sep. 2023
The dispute
spilled
into public in July when a group appointed to represent FTX’s creditors in the case said Sullivan & Cromwell had ignored its suggestions about how to resolve the bankruptcy.
—
Matthew Goldstein,
New York Times
, 21 Sep. 2023
Become a Subscriber Take, for example, a strip that shows Nancy
spilling
ink on the wall and then repeating the ink stain over and over again, with disorienting perfection, turning the mistake into a wallpaper pattern.
—
Sam Thielman,
The Atlantic
, 21 Sep. 2023
No one is
spilling
secrets, but smartphone industry experts say Apple probably helps with phone companies’ device discounts.
—
Shira Ovide,
Washington Post
, 19 Sep. 2023
For example, could reducing the thickness where many people hold the cup, about halfway between the middle and lid, mean the cup collapses and the drink
spills
on the customer?
—
Peter Prengaman,
Anchorage Daily News
, 17 Sep. 2023
The
spill
from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility poisoned thousands of military families and continues to threaten the purity of Honolulu's water supply.
—
CBS News
, 29 Sep. 2023
The judge didn’t reject the existence of the harms, or even that they were caused by oil
spills
.
—
IEEE Spectrum
, 27 Sep. 2023
The microfiber grip strips are antibacterial and wide enough to absorb light to moderate
spills
.
—
Cai Cramer,
Peoplemag
, 21 Sep. 2023
Serving up reform with ‘Hot Coffee' In 1994, a jury in New Mexico unanimously decided to award Liebeck $2.7 million in punitive damages for the coffee
spill
that burned 16 percent of her body.
—
María Luisa Paúl,
Washington Post
, 20 Sep. 2023
Imperial Beach has been heavily impacted by sewage
spills
for years and, more recently, so has Coronado.
—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune
, 15 Sep. 2023
Local news reported that the Anadia Fire Department blocked the
spill
from the Certima Rivera and diverted its path to run into an empty field close by, the outlet reported.
—
Alexis Jones,
Peoplemag
, 12 Sep. 2023
Other items that make the cooking experience cleaner and aid in transporting your crock of soup to the dinner party are locking lids and silicone gaskets, like on the Crockpot Cook & Carry, ensuring
spills
stay at bay.
—
Carrie Honaker,
Southern Living
, 8 Sep. 2023
That’s below the cost of a potential clean-up if a single PFAS
spill
or contamination were to occur, according to Kiehl.
—
Iris Samuels,
Anchorage Daily News
, 7 Sep. 2023
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Middle English, from Old English
spillan
; akin to Old English
spildan
to destroy and perhaps to Latin
spolium
animal skin, Greek
sphallein
to cause to fall
Noun (2)
Middle English
spille
; akin to Middle Low German
spīle
thin stick, peg
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at
transitive sense 2b
Noun (1)
circa 1845, in the meaning defined at
sense 1
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined at
sense 1
The first known use of
spill
was
before the 12th century
See more words from the same century
“Spill.”
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