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Default Reducing a List by Eliminating Entries in it Found in Another List

Hi,

I have several massive lists that I need some excel kung fu help with. Best
way to explain the challenge is with an example. I have lists A & B and want
to make list C as follows:

list A - dog, cat, ball, orange, cloud, peppers
list B - hockey, beer, smart, rain, ball, ocean

list C basically needs to be the same as list B EXCEPT with any entries in
it that are also in list A removed, in this case "ball" needs to be removed,
so list C becomes

list C - hockey, beer, smart, rain, ocean

comprende'? can anyone PLEASE HELP with this?

Thanks!

p.s. one minor technicality, both lists have identical entries in them, i.e.
list A might have dog in it 15 times, etc..