reel
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It also said households should never connect one through an extension lead, cable reel or plug-in adaptor, as these can overheat.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Some companies post less-than-real ads to build a pipeline for jobs that might open up someday or in case they reel in a dream candidate too good to pass up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This put her on the radar of the local Party for Socialism and Liberation chapter, which asked if it could include her in an Instagram reel about the Landover project.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
He’s caught large fish before, Prieto said, but on Sunday Fuentes managed to reel in a 30-pound catfish that “literally broke the scale.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
“In addition, I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing reel
Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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"The Sniper" by Liam O’Flaherty
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