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narrate

[nar-ayt, na-rayt] / ˈnær eɪt, næˈreɪt /


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Prince William helps to narrate the video, which aims to tackle the stigma around mental health and suicide, with 7,000 lives being lost to suicide each year in the UK.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

After talking it through with her family and editor Elizabeth Méndez Berry, she warmed to the idea, realizing that the book didn’t have to just focus on her, that biography could also narrate community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Since first emerging online in 2019 on the online bulletin board 4chan, the Backrooms phenomenon has expanded across Reddit, TikTok, YouTube and gaming platforms, where users collectively map, narrate and extend its mythology.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

Woody Harrelson and Demi Moore narrate a hopeful film about farming practices that can restore the Earth’s depleted soil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

“It would be cooler if she was a secret agent,” Zayd says, before continuing to narrate.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan

Willy Wonka actor Gene Wilder "narrates" the show, explaining the various games to contestants.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Harry Sparkes, from Harpenden, Hertfordshire, stars in Thomas & Friends: Railway Stories alongside Crazy Rich Asians actor Henry Golding, who narrates the series in a role made famous by Sir Ringo Starr.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

In her memoir, “Lab Girl,” Ms. Jahren narrates scientific struggles both dramatic and mundane.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The centerpiece is the three minutes where Travis calmly narrates the plane crash interspersed with him drumming, amid flames, in a way that captures each emotional beat of what he went through.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

He narrates a series of events with the confidence that anyone looking at them will know what they imply, because the examples he has chosen are exact.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Raman received $1,500 from “Better Call Saul” actor Bob Odenkirk, who also narrated a recent campaign ad for her campaign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Golding said he was in the "shadow of giants" following in the footsteps of Sir Ringo and Pierce Brosnan, who narrated a 2008 movie special called Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Christiana battle has been narrated before, but never more grippingly than in Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz’s “The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Olympics on Wednesday, publicly beginning her attempt for a third Olympic Games in a video narrated by NBA legend Michael Jordan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

My life was narrated for me by others.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

A third ad includes images of Mount Rushmore, with Trump narrating that “the United States of America is the most successful, most accomplished, most exceptional nation ever to exist in human history.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

What was it like emotionally narrating Shelley’s words?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

One popular social media video has a Nigerian narrating how he stopped a speeding Dangote company lorry driver, telling him not to be reckless with company property.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Smith makes treats like Skittles, gummy bears and pasta festooned with marigold petals, narrating each step in a baby-soft voice while wearing dreamy fits.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

I was narrating Haiti on my own, in my mind, as I looked out the windshield.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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