Example Sentences

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This doesn’t work for Alice, however, who goes from disbelief to sabotage to an act of betrayal whose wreckage spills out over the series and blows back on her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The team envisions a future in which portable systems could be deployed directly over burning oil spills to intentionally generate fire whirls on demand.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

The following month, the documents show how Shell launched a "most confidential" operation, codenamed Project Madrid, to assess how to handle the spills in Nigeria.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Flores checks for spills, then empties the mug back into the pot by hand and does it again — hundreds of times.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

“A magician at the Bureau? The gossip practically spills itself!”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston