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spill

informal To disclose or divulge (something). You can put as much pressure on me as you can—you won't get me to spill my secret! The CEO accidentally spilled some details of their product line during the radio interview.
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spill

in. to confess. (Underworld.) The cops tried to get her to spill, but she just sat there.
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However, Rev JM Munro, Camelon, was of the view Mr Spiller should be transferred to another school in the county "at the earliest opportunity" as the staffing committee had found he was "good teacher and a good man".
"I never really stop planning it, it's always on my mind," Spiller said.
"It's a great look for a gift and would be at home in a seasonal set or on a fixture too," remarks Spiller.
Spiller, from Bridgend, South Wales, denies dangerous driving and serious injury by dangerous driving.
Recently, Spiller joined Cinergy, a predecessor to Duke Energy, as an associate general counsel focused on litigation as well as deputy general counsel responsible for advancing its rate and regulatory initiatives before the Kentucky Public Service Commission and Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
Spiller was just the seventh player in NFL history to average 6 yards per carry or better with at least 200 attempts in a single season.
To examine consumers' feelings of constraint, Spiller assigned study participants to a monthly budget group or a weekly budget group and gave them the opportunity to make 20 purchases.
Spiller's title is indicative of the scope of the book; though the art form on which he focuses is made up of female singers and dancers, drummers and male dancers, Spiller's thesis is strongest in its appraisal of masculinity and dance.
Spiller (author); IN THE SCHOOL OF WAR; Bison Books (History) $21.95 ISBN: 9780803228160
FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition has appointed Philip Spiller interim director of the Division of Dietary Supplement Programs in the Office of Nutrition, Labeling and Dietary Supplements.
His daughter, Jennifer Spiller, said: "My sister and I said 'what do you want to do for your birthday?
Christine's colleagues (back row, from left) Marion, Jean, Tiggy, Val and Marion Greenhaugh, (front, from left) Olwyn and Thelma, and (below from left) Marion, Alan Spiller and Thelma.; BREAKTIME AT HOGARTHS...
SHANE HIGGS' howler handed victory to Millwall as Danny Spiller took full advantage.
By Elizabeth Spiller. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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