SPILED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

spiled

verb

past tense of spile

as in stoppered

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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
At the time, gasoline lines clogged traffic across the capital.

— Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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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

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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

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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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When those signals are blocked, disrupted or deliberately jammed, vehicles may need other methods to maintain reliable navigation.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The appeals court’s opinion issued Wednesday, which supplemented an opinion filed on July 15, found that Milian blocked prosecutors from exercising their discretion, which includes seeking the death penalty.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of blocked

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Almost 20,000 fans jammed South Side Park III, and thousands waited in the streets.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
The Rangers announced the devastating news on Saturday following a scary injury in which the 30-year-old’s right skate jammed into the post while gliding across his crease in the first period.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

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