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How to use the word spill in a Sentence? Page #3

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We are delighted the court has rejected Shell's attempt to restrict the community's legal rights, the message is clear - Shell must clean up this appalling oil spill and the Bodo community will keep on with its legal case until they are confident that it will do so.

Dan Leader

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Our role is to promote clean and safe solutions and to make sure that there is no double standard in the way the environment and workers are protected around the world, it is key to make sure that the surrounding environment is not contaminated. This is impossible on a tidal beach, as is cleaning up an oil spill.

Shipbreaking Platform Jenssen

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I ate with a bib on so as not to spill taco meat all over my white dress, so that probably looked even stranger.

Rachel Beck

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

These rules were put in place to prevent another massive oil spill off our coasts, we can't allow this new administration to take us backwards in time.

Bill Nelson

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Michael Cohen suggested that it would be appropriate for me to go out into the media and spill my guts.

Attorney Davidson

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The battle in parliament will most likely be tougher in the coming days because they want to limit our right to speak by changing the internal bylaws and it is impossible for us to tolerate this, therefore this battle will get tougher, and it may even spill over to the streets.

Kemal Kilicdaroglu

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

We haven't have a spill like this, so we're not sure, as far as costs go, we're not worried about that at this point.

Bert West

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Enbridge's actions leading up to the spill were deplorable: federal investigators found that Enbridge's integrity management procedures were so deficient that Enbridge allowed well-documented crack defects in corroded areas to propagate until the pipeline failed.

Peter DeFazio

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

A sharper slowdown of activity in emerging markets and renewed weakness of activity in the euro area could weaken exports more strongly than projected, dampen investment, and spill over to consumer confidence.

The OECD

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I'm not going to spill the beans right now, but suffice it to say, there are many arguments we could use against him.

Bill Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I see a clear risk here that panic reactions on financial markets could spill over and hurt the real economy.

Josef Minster

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We're worried that we are talking ourselves into a crisis, i see a clear risk here that panic reactions on financial markets could spill over and hurt the real economy.

Josef Minster

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They started to burn the spilled oil, people see massive plumes of black smoke, this is a large spill, and the problem is of a systemic nature.

Dmitry Lisitsin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is a large spill, and the problem is of a systemic nature, unless oil companies start paying in full, they don't have the motivation to prevent spills.

Vladimir Chuprov from Greenpeace

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a good precedent of how to agree on funds for environmental and socioeconomic recovery, that's our goal.

Rodrigo Vieira

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Despite being responsible for the worst North Sea spill in a decade, the level of the fine is literally a drop in the ocean when compared to the billions earned by Shell annually.

Lang Banks

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I definitely noticed a recovery from the time of the oil spill.

Photographer Camilo Ramirez

Found on CNN
8 years ago

However, there is evidence that disorderly conditions in one market can spill over to others.

The FPC

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

What has been demonstrated in the last few weeks is how much Asia is at the core of the global economy, and how much disruption in one market in Asia can actually spill over to the rest of the world.

Christine Lagarde

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I share people's concerns about offshore drilling. I remember the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico all too well, that's precisely why my administration has worked to make sure that our oil exploration conducted under these leases is done at the highest standards possible.

Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I remember the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico all too well.

Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I share people's concerns about offshore drilling, i remember the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico all too well.

Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is a really devastating spill, we've been hearing from rafting companies and other businesses that rely on the river that if they can't get clients out on the river in the next couple of days, they may have to shut down their doors.

Kim Stevens

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We'll see spill after spill if we don't shut down these aging oil platforms and pipelines.

Miyoko Sakashita

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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