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recount

[ri-kount] / rɪˈkaʊnt /


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The witness, who said he had little love for Davis, remained hesitant when he took the stand on Tuesday to recount what happened.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

During her police interviews, "it was already very difficult to recount the events for the first time", she said.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Cuban migrants in Curitiba recount horror stories of friends and relatives who sold their homes to reach the U.S., only to be deported and returned to the island with nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Hence, this gem of an anthology series, wherein real-life residents recount the stories that made them regionally famous or nationally infamous, while familiar actors and comedians recreate their stories.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2026

I set an alarm on my cell and recount to Rue today’s encounter with Zora and last night’s dinner.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

In his 2012 autobiography "An American Son," the man oft-memed as the "viceroy" of Cuba, recounts boasting to his exiled Cuban grandfather that he would one day overthrow Fidel Castro and free Cuba.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

That debate over the declaration helped engender the equal citizenship amendments added to the 1789 Constitution at the Civil War’s end—specifically, as the Supreme Court recounts, in the 14th Amendment’s first sentence repudiating Dred Scott.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

Mr. Dillon recounts how the Cultural Revolution unfolded in Shanghai, both in its local factions and the ideological struggle between Shanghai and the capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

"It smelled like plastic burning. It stung my nose," Chanate recounts.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

Watching a celebrity talk show on television, they listen for several minutes as a movie star with bright teeth recounts details of his recent divorce.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

At the meeting, Jordan recounted experiments with Flock cameras he purchased legally.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Andrius Banevicius, the public information officer for Connecticut's Department of Correction, recounted how Smith used to feed the birds while in Osborn prison, earning him the nickname The Birdman of Osborn.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Sanft recounted decades of probes and noted that prior investigations did not take his client’s statements seriously because they were not credible.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Melania, 56, recounted how she prayed as she fought to get her family to safety.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

She looked too fierce to argue with at that moment, so Harry dropped the subject of Ron and recounted all that he had overheard between Malfoy and Snape.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

After a few days, Lee started to settle in, proudly recounting how she handled distributing a series of checks on her own when her trainer was out of the office.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Andreessen's writing began with him recounting lies he claimed people were spreading, and called for readers to push back against this.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Sometimes they featured celebrities recounting past glories or promoting their newest releases.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2026

In 2024, Rushdie published a memoir recounting the near-death experience called "Knife," in which he has an imagined conversation with Matar.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Then she broke into a private smile, as if recounting something that had made her laugh.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers




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