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  • 31Prudhoe Bay oil spill — BP Alaska headquarters in Anchorage The Prudhoe Bay oil spill (2006 Alaskan oil spill) was an oil spill that was discovered on March 2, 2006 at a pipeline owned by BP Exploration, Alaska (BPXA) in western Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Initial estimates… …

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  • 32The Spill Canvas — Infobox musical artist Name = The Spill Canvas Img = Img = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA Genre = Alternative rock Years active = 2002 ndash;present Label = Sire Records Associated acts =… …

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  • 33data spill — n. The accidental transmission or display of private online data to a third party. Example Citation: Unintentional disclosures of personal information, called data spills, can occur when visitors click on a link to an external site. Browsers… …

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  • 34take a spill — {v. phr.} To fall down; tip over. * /During the harsh winter, when the sidewalk is covered with ice, many people take a spill./ …

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  • 35take a spill — {v. phr.} To fall down; tip over. * /During the harsh winter, when the sidewalk is covered with ice, many people take a spill./ …

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  • 36Morris J. Berman oil spill — The barge Morris J. Berman grounded off Punta Escambron, San Juan, Puerto Rico on January 7, 1994. The barge spilled approximately 800,000 gallons of #6 oil on the reef.[1] Response The responsible party initially assumed responsibility for the… …

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  • 37Murphy Oil Spill (Chalmette, Louisiana) — According to US Coast Guard there were about 44 oil spills in the area affected by Hurricane Katrina. Most of these occurred in areas of Plaquemines Parish which do not have large populations. The exception is the Murphy Oil Spill which hit… …

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  • 38Don't spill the beans (idiom) — For the game, see Don t Spill the Beans (game). Don t spill the beans is an English language idiom That means to inopportunely or accidentally reveal a secret. There are a number of folk etymology hypotheses for its origin, some attributing it to …

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  • 39Gulf of Mexico oil spill — There have been two major oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico: The Ixtoc I oil spill, from June 1979 to March 1980 The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, from April 2010 to August 2010 This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title …

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  • 40oil spill — an accidental release of oil into a body of water, as from a tanker, offshore drilling rig, or underwater pipeline, often presenting a hazard to marine life and the environment. [1965 70] * * *  leakage of petroleum onto the surface of a large… …

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