spiled

verb

past tense of spile
as in stoppered

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  1. clogged
  2. dammed
  3. filled
  4. occluded
  5. obstructed
  6. congested
  7. blocked
  8. jammed
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  • On a cold February morning at West Virginia’s Capitol, children in winter jackets, holding signs and their homework, clogged the hallways outside the House Finance Committee room.
    — Henry Culvyhouse, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Pimples happen when tiny pores in the skin get clogged by oil, bacteria and dead skin cells.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of clogged
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  • According to the Louisville Zoo, after many Kentucky and Indiana streams were dammed decades ago, water health has declined at the expense of local ecosystems, putting pressure on the struggling salamanders.
    — Ruby Grisin, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2026
  • One theory is that the rock and ice briefly dammed the valley, allowing water to back up in the river.
    — Umesh Haritashya, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of dammed
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  • Next is nourishment, which is about making sure that the space created by the loss of your person isn’t only filled with pain.
    — Naomi Barr, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Burberry x Smythson notebooks are filled with Smythson’s signature blue lightweight paper, while the opening and closing pages feature a London map print inspired by the fall 2026 Burberry runway collection, or the house check.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of filled
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  • The administration of antibiotics would trigger a second pathogen that had been occluded inside the first.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
  • Instead, the missing silver may have been right there, in the sun all along, simply occluded from astronomers' view by tricks of physics.
    — Rahul Rao, Space.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of occluded
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  • License plates need to be clearly visible and not obstructed.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The technology helps robots manipulate objects and navigate around obstacles using touch, including when visual information is unavailable or obstructed.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of obstructed
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  • The freight forwarder said Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Port is congested with 10-to-12-day landside delays after cargo is discharged.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • But a contingent of longtime residents is fighting the plan, saying New London already is congested with traffic and rental housing.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of congested
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  • The front counter handwashing sink was blocked by cases of soda, pizza boxes and boxes of cups.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • An early-morning crash has blocked traffic on the road from Boise to McCall.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of blocked
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  • Not since Lou Reed jammed 26 dollars in his hand has a group so believably articulated the crescendo and contours of a high, alongside the mundanity, side quests, and thousand-yard stares, too.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Tucker was jammed by an Aaron Ashby pitch, flying out to short center field for the second out.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of jammed
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