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to specify one after another
her friend proceeded to reel off the roster of losers that she had dated over the years
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Recent Examples of reel off
To open up the third, Tamale reeled off a 67-yard run.
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
Pretty much everyone can reel off the latest dollar-to-peso conversion rates (official and black market), the minutiae of fuel-price fluctuations, and fiercely defended opinions about which past government has screwed things up the most.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Or will the Vikings reel off their fourth win in a row?
—Kilty Cleary, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2024
Jamie finds her and feels the need to immediately buck her up by reeling off a litany of how she’s always had to be the strong one in their family.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Nov. 2024
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
Pretty much everyone can reel off the latest dollar-to-peso conversion rates (official and black market), the minutiae of fuel-price fluctuations, and fiercely defended opinions about which past government has screwed things up the most.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Or will the Vikings reel off their fourth win in a row?
—Kilty Cleary, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2024
Jamie finds her and feels the need to immediately buck her up by reeling off a litany of how she’s always had to be the strong one in their family.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Nov. 2024
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Yearwood performed the peaceful song before the church recited the Lord’s Prayer.Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2025
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The pair sang the peace anthem toward the end of the funeral service, before the congregation recited the Lord's Prayer.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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And each year is a different ballot with different names, but the same limit of 10 choices among those listed.Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Individuals who experienced a business loss, property damage and economic loss, may qualify for assistance via the U.S. Small Business Administration, or other agencies listed on FEMA’s website.Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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In one test called the Visual Object Learning Task, for example, they were shown three-dimensional figures, instructed to memorize them, and then required to pick them out of a later, larger assortment of shapes.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
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London taxi-drivers, who must memorize complex navigational routes, experience growth in areas of their hippocampi.Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
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The state released a scathing audit in 2019 detailing how emergency management agencies and other first responders were unprepared for the threat.Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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None of the state’s experts, detailed to the defense last month in a sealed court filing, were previously disclosed to the public.Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
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The company outlined an alternative oversight plan in a letter obtained by ProPublica and City Cast Las Vegas.Daniel Rothberg, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2025
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This article outlines who is affected by this change and actions to take next.Cicely Jones, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Reel off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reel%20off. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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