spiel
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Mr. Brady pulled off Don Profondo’s patter song “Medaglie incomparabili,” a tongue-twisting list of precious objects, as an auctioneer’s spiel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025
He has long integrated assertions about a third term into his political spiel.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2025
"The spiel that I'm reading from people saying how off it we are. We won two games on the bounce and you're upset about it, I don't get it."
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025
She said students approach the table just to pick up the medication, which would cost about $50 at a pharmacy—but once they’re there, “I have to get my little spiel in” about Amendment 4.
From Slate • Oct. 30, 2024
He must have hated me behind his spiel, yet he'd ignored me.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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