litany
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A week before that Slate report, he had fired his chief strategist for a litany of troubles.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
She had suffered a "substantial" miscarriage of justice, they said, alleging a litany of irregularities and the misuse of evidence during the trial.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The situation in Colombia is all-hands-on-deck and a litany of organizations worldwide are rallying together to get aid to earthquake victims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Chip company Arm, gambling group Flutter and fintech Wise are among a litany of U.K. companies that ditched their home market for New York in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Chanting a kind of litany to which the others responded, rubbing the dice as though they were two hot coals, he whispered to them.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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
The emails that straggle through are litanies of the wreckage he’s seeing every day, interspersed with guilt and remorse at their separation.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
Reports from the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia became litanies of broken records: Temperatures in the Arctic region of Arkhangelsk were a staggering 14.4 degrees Fahrenheit above normal in December.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2020
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times restaurant critic, who died a year ago this Sunday, made exuberant litanies of the city and its dishes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2019
He clucked approvingly at pictures of cute grandkids, patiently endured gossip and long litanies of health woes, and nodded knowingly at stories about how money was tight.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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