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

Here, we see the Muppets, also celebrating a 70th anniversary, try and fail to give a safety spiel.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 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 spiel that goes with chuck-a-luck can be very persuasive.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos