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
"I usually get stopped by security, but I give them a big spiel about how exciting the science is and then they get really bored and let me through," she says.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2024
The Gladiator spiel reminded me of an incident from 2022.
From Slate • Sep. 25, 2024
He sat there and doodled with his blue pencil on a tablet, listening to me spiel to him for three or four minutes before he got a word in.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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