spiel

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And meaningful progress turns out to be much harder than simply refashioning an exhibit or a docent’s spiel.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 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

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

He must have hated me behind his spiel, yet he'd ignored me.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison