recounts

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In the fuzzed-out “Envy the Birds,” the frontman recounts an argument between two lovers “spraying bullets of grievances”; the driving “Riptides” is narrated by a guy “too tired to end the war.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

In one of the essays in his new book, The Land and Its People, David Sedaris recounts a trip to the Vatican during which he met Pope Francis and went shopping with Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

The biblical passage recounts how the serpent, typically interpreted as the devil in Christian theology, tempted Eve to sin by eating the forbidden fruit.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

The energetic song with a pronounced Greek accent recounts a son's thirst for glory and fortune so that he can give his mother everything they lacked during his childhood.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

For the prologue, he recounts the story of the woman with the calabash.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie