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spiel

[speel, shpeel] / spil, ʃpil /


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That’s because the public that has bought into its inflated spiel may end up being let down with a jolt.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Upon landing, the flight attendant’s voice rang over the intercom to give us the usual spiel as our aircraft made its way to the jet bridge.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

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

"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

Before I was half through my spiel, the last person was walking away.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli




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