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as in to list
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
O’Dwyer’s Badgers also set a state record for consecutive wins early in his tenure, reeling off 50 straight from 2003-06.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
The Giants have lost six games in a row while the Patriots have reeled off nine straight wins.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
In what has to be one of the stranger games in Cowboys history, Dallas took a 14-3 lead early in the second quarter before Washington reeled off 32 straight points to take a 35-14 lead entering the fourth quarter at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium in Landover, Maryland.
—Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Nov. 2025
Many of my co-workers had previously worked at the Boeing aircraft company and reeled off rollicking facts about how during the steep, screaming plunge before a jetliner crash the passengers’ internal organs will actually begin to liquify.
—Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
The Giants have lost six games in a row while the Patriots have reeled off nine straight wins.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
In what has to be one of the stranger games in Cowboys history, Dallas took a 14-3 lead early in the second quarter before Washington reeled off 32 straight points to take a 35-14 lead entering the fourth quarter at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium in Landover, Maryland.
—Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Nov. 2025
Many of my co-workers had previously worked at the Boeing aircraft company and reeled off rollicking facts about how during the steep, screaming plunge before a jetliner crash the passengers’ internal organs will actually begin to liquify.
—Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reel off
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At that point, the operator would recite the most intimate details of a patient’s health history to hook her before launching into a few basic screening questions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Cota previously courted controversy after reciting a Christian prayer instead of the district's land acknowledgement statement.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Per the Haslet city code, council members are entitled to a minimum of one item listed on each council meeting agenda, which the mayor is in charge of putting together.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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On Ticketmaster, playoff tickets were listed ranging from almost $500 to over $2,200.—
Marissa Sulek,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Inside his suite, Jed memorizes the code to Roper’s safe, which holds the arms trade certificate, then quietly shares the number with Pine (allowing Burr to access it from the hotel) when the whole group visits a local casino.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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The other judge acknowledged that Claude had memorized significant portions of books but said that the plaintiffs had failed to allege that this was a problem.—
Alex Reisner,
The Atlantic,
9 Jan. 2026
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Police have not yet detailed the causes of the crashes.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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The technical specifications of the new communication devices have not been publicly detailed.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlined the three-step plan for what comes next for Venezuela on Wednesday.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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During their first year, president typically address a joint session of Congress early on in their tenure to outline a vision or agenda, before delivering State of the Union addresses to lawmakers in subsequent years.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Reel off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reel%20off. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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