spill
verb (used with object)
to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully.
have been spilling
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present perfect progressiveof spill.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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She pointed to higher demand and costs for chips, memory and servers that have been spilling into consumer products, as well as price increases to come.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
The EA is currently conducting what it calls a "major criminal investigation" into whether sewage treatment plants have been spilling before they reach full capacity.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2023
Crime and sprawl from Houston, the big city next door, have been spilling over into their once bucolic towns.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2022
Here’s a simpler, more convincing explanation for the sudden surge of measles: Much bigger outbreaks overseas have been spilling over to our shores.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2019
I was not pulling over four or five miles an hour myself, but that smooth, steep, unobstructed chute must have been spilling through its current at close to twenty.
From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
