reel off
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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But what makes her so devastating is the sheer volume of 3-pointers she can reel off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
There’s plenty of room to disagree with all this: You and I can reel off any number of novels, art films and TV shows that demonstrate the kind of boundary-pushing Marx says he seeks.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
Spokesmen now reel off some statistics—she has visited 21 countries on 17 foreign trips, met with more than 150 leaders, and led the U.S. delegation at three Munich Security Conferences—but this doesn’t mean much.
From Slate • Aug. 6, 2024
"When people reel off the list of England greats, he seems to slip people's minds, but he was a man for a crisis, for a battle," Hussain said in 2021.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2024
When he walked in the back door at four in the afternoon, he found his family sitting in the kitchen listening to Arrabelle reel off stories of her late husband.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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