recount

Example Sentences

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Through their court filings, both recount head injuries sustained while sledding and lingering symptoms.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

As of Wednesday, the primary was still too close to call and headed for a recount.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

Archives recount how former occupiers in the 20th Century used to remove their shoes to wade back and forth to the mainland.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

The race isn’t over and could go to a recount, but a victory by Ms. Mejia would be a big upset.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

In some future installment, a flashback, I shall perhaps recount that pilgrimage through the swamps, a journey into the desert from which I returned broken physically, mentally, and spiritually.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole