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Her riffs on Madonna and “The Hite Report” offer the kind of acid one-liners English critics can reel out in their sleep, whereas what we need her to do is explain the world to us.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2020

Many readers will reel out of Mr. Mabey’s stimulating cabaret with their view of the plant world—the living world we all share—enriched beyond measure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2016

But no matter how hard she strained her right forearm's flexor muscle, the chain began to reel out link by link, letting the weight down.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the office labeled "Division of Current Information" waited Robert McGregor Scotten beside his well-oiled mimeograph, primed to reel out press releases from London.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kelton seems to reel out of his skin.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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