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litany

[lit-n-ee] / ˈlɪt n i /


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They alleged a litany of irregularities in the trial, including an "oppressive" cross-examination and unfair decisions on the admission of evidence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

City fans' displeasure towards Uefa goes back even further, there being a litany of disputes with Europe's top brass.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

At a school that has produced a litany of star NFL receivers in recent years, including the Seattle Seahawks’ Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Harrison generated the most chatter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Assembly Bill 2222, which would create refundable tax credits for California local news organizations based on the number of journalists they employ, joins a litany of bills on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

My father always talked to new horses in this way, in a steady calming litany.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

LeBlanc never moves her camera away from the ground level; there are no policy prescriptions, no litanies of statistics and no melodramatic statements about pity or persistence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025

The advanced age of many gangsters often becomes a factor at sentencing hearings, when bids for leniency tend to rely heavily on litanies of medications, impairments, illnesses and other ravages of time.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 10, 2023

Because these kinds of litanies are not rare, I get why actor, writer, and producer Issa Rae, the woman behind "Insecure" and "Rap Sh!t," is over it.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2023

It turned up in the passageways between the holes, when McIlroy often would smack litanies of hands, especially small ones.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2019

Whether there was any truth to Boori Ma’s litanies no one could be sure.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri


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