patter
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Francis Skilling, a physician and longtime subscriber who got a fake credit-card text and returned the call, marveled at the scammer’s professional-sounding patter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
But for Griffin, this New Age Page-A-Day calendar patter sounds “like poetry.”
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Above the patter of rain cascading through the jungle canopy comes the haunting call of a pileated gibbon singing to fend off intruders in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Over the years, it became an established tradition that Ko-Ko rewrite his patter song, “I’ve Got a Little List,” to keep the operetta’s satire topical.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
A deadly silence filled the house apart from the gentle patter of the rain.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
Vocabulary lists containing patter
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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Not Your Father's Word List: Pater, Patr
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
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