1.   A number of bird sanctuaries were seriously affected by the oil spill.

2.   A second equally good story describes mopping up an oil spill at sea.

3.   After the oil spill, thousands of fishermen stand to lose their livelihoods.

4.   An oil spill of that size will cause a lot of environmental damage.

5.   Crews used booms to contain a large oil spill on the river.

6.   Efforts to clean up the oil spill have been thwarted by storms.

7.   Entire coastal bays and lagoons along the coast have been fouled by oil spills and the runoff of toxic chemicals.

8.   For all practical purposes, the cleanup of the oil spill is complete.

9.   It was like cleaning up after an oil spill.

10.   News is coming in about an oil spill in the South Atlantic.