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litany

[lit-n-ee] / ˈlɪt n i /


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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

Former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips told the BBC there had been a "litany of failures".

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The FDA reviewers cited a litany of dubious reasons why the outside experts shouldn’t trust the trial results, as we described in a recent editorial.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The president started his speech with a litany of boasts.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

Through the tunnels of that island fortress came wind of a horror too great to speak aloud—a whispered litany that would take years to be fully disclosed to the world, and especially to me.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

Let those cramming for the wine exam recite such litanies of facts.

From New York Times Jul. 30, 2020

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

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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