Example Sentences

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The company has been spilling untreated sewage there into an environmentally protected area near a rare dolphin habitat for at least a decade.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2023

Sydney’s Warragamba Dam has been spilling into the Hawkesbury-River floodplain for a week.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2022

This rage has been spilling over into other parts of my life.

From New York Times • May 15, 2018

Pollution reports submitted to Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection show that, due to power outages and flooding caused by Irma, human waste has been spilling into streets, residences, and waterways across the entire state.

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2017

But it may also seem especially mystifying because America has been spilling more dollars abroad than pessimists feared.

From Time Magazine Archive