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- noun Plural form of
spiel . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
spiel .
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Examples
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This meant that speeches that could have felt like rote spiels from a soap box registered as matters of personal conviction.
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This meant that speeches that could have felt like rote spiels from a soap box registered as matters of personal conviction.
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That band was Paper Tiger, a Leeds based collective who deal in spoken word spiels over dub-laden psychedelice jazz.
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"What kind of spiels do you give 'em?" she inquired with growing interest.
Polly of the Circus Margaret Mayo 1916
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` ` What kind of spiels do you give 'em?' 'she inquired with growing interest.
Polly of the Circus 1908
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The rightwing ringmasters crack their whips, the acts do their spiels, the audience eats it up.
Steven Weber: GOP-za-Poppin'! Steven Weber 2012
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On the big night, producers are on hand even in the limos! encouraging contestants to hone their spiels.
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When I look at the money trail to the spiels and propaganda, I often find Union Bosses tied in somewhere.
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They'll hear eight artists -- dancers, theater folks, printmakers -- present five-minute spiels on their latest projects.
James Rieck and Jonathan Monaghan at Hamiltonian Gallery Jessica Dawson 2010
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This and similar spiels were and are likely being heard by many thousands of investors who were spooked by the recent market declines.
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