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litany

[lit-n-ee] / ˈlɪt n i /


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Regulation that becomes a box-checking litany can cause companies to relax safeguards if they think it protects them from liability.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Hugo's brother, Jolyon, who is an NHS doctor, says the "litany of failures, both incompetence and dishonesty, that pervaded the care of both patients was harrowing."

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

The spectators who stuck around, including Josh Levin, were “treated to a litany of scenes you don’t typically see at a Grand Slam tennis match.”

From Slate Sep. 9, 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

Mamma was sure to have another litany of questions and warnings about American college boys.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

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

And so the Oprah Winfrey-produced, Reginald Hudlin-directed documentary “Sidney” ticks off litanies of both aesthetic and cultural achievements, without ever feeling obligatory.

From Washington Post Sep. 22, 2022

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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