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The group chants tongue-twisters and numerical sequences, forward and backwards, in unison, guided by his rhythm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Drawing on the work of academic ethnologists, he put together collections of tongue-twisters, wisecracks, and jokes.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2019

Chicago’s reigning soul-rap poet delivers a contemplative stream of melt-in-your-mind tongue-twisters on her exquisite sophomore album, “Room 25.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2019

Even the tongue-twisters — “anaphylactic and super hypocondriactic” — spewed forth as if she were relaying a fond old memory.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2018

This is nothing to what the Czech language can do in the way of tongue-twisters.

From From a Terrace in Prague by Baker, Lieut.-Col. B. Granville