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- verb Present participle of
overspill .
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Examples
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Generally, I much prefer standing gigs - you can pick your spot and if someone nearby is loud, sweaty, or "overspilling" into your seat, you can move!
Word Magazine - Comments Neil Jung 2008
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You have to give them some space, she said, staring askance at my storage methods, which involved squishing together as many garments as possible and stowing the overspill under the bed, which was itself overspilling.
Creating Your Own Clearance Rack Tina Gaudoin 2011
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And then came Black Leclère, to lay his heavy hand on the bit of pulsating puppy life, to press and prod and mould till it became a big bristling beast, acute in knavery, overspilling with hate, sinister, malignant, diabolical.
BÂTARD 2010
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We carry knapsacks and briefcases overspilling with the contents of our hectic lives.
In the Basement of the Ivory Tower Professor X 2008
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We carry knapsacks and briefcases overspilling with the contents of our hectic lives.
In the Basement of the Ivory Tower Professor X 2008
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Stupidity aside, inciting hatred and division with inherent bigotry overspilling into every speech she makes, she is revealing herself to be nothing more than a demagogue with lipstick.
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Call me a suburban wimp, or a hairsplitter, but in a day of fine, tasty hot dogs overspilling with chili, mustard and onions, I had my best Coney standing up in a spotless modern meat market surrounded by parking lots full of 18-wheelers and other hauling beasts.
Home for Hot Dogs 2008
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"The anarchy of Darfur risks overspilling from Darfur to Chad and maybe all countries of the sub-region as well," Allam-Mi warned.
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In a volatile region such as the South Caucasus where conflict always runs the risk of overspilling into neighboring countries and destabilizing more than just the immediate area, let's hope that remains the case.
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But I defy you to look at this overspilling wealth and call it a problem.
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Music as a cottage industry: Baconworks 2007
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