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On Dingle Golf Links in Ballyferriter, Co Kerry, the locals were regaling visitors with the latest Star Wars related stories, gossip and jokes.

From Time • Jun. 7, 2016

I once again was immediately recruited into a barstool conversation, in which bearded locals were regaling visitors from Denmark and Sweden with anti-snowboarder screeds.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2012

Athenians were regaling each other with the tale of an encounter between a U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even as Lyndon was spreading his gospel, reporters who had accompanied him overseas were regaling the Washington press corps with stories of one of the most exuberant voyages since Auntie Mame went round the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the Greeks were regaling themselves, a noise was heard, and great flocks of sheep and goats came bleating in. 

From Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History by Yonge, Charlotte Mary