New towns were constructed to accommodate overspill from established cities.
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Overspill
Synonyms for "overspill" (36 found)
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14 entrieschemical spillcultural spilloverdistrict overspilleconomic spilloveredge cityliquid spilloil overspillperipheral housingpolicy spilloverpowder spillrural overspillsatellite townurban overspillwater overspill
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11 entriesoil overspilloverspill areaoverspill capacityoverspill housingoverspill intooverspill ontooverspill planningoverspill populationoverspill riskurban overspillwater overspill
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It is known that means of using this end of the former NLR and Broad Street station to take an overspill of traffic from Liverpool Street have been under backroom study for some time.
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Further, Coventry's prosperity and rapid growth was threatening that it as well as Birmingham would require to overspill its boundaries.
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Calandra added more, until the oil threatened to overspill her palm.
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