recount
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To speak of trauma is not only to recount an event; it is also to expose fear, helplessness, and loss of control.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
The report went on to recount that the Emirati leader relayed the conversation he had with Netanyahu to the then CIA director William J Burns.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The incident is relatively small when compared to the numerous other crimes Paxton has been accused of over the years, but it has the advantage of being easy to remember and to recount.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Finance professionals, doctors and lawyers recount being taken in by tricks like the jury-duty swindle that stole $25,000 from a Florida woman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Audrey, Diego, and I stuck around a while longer, listening to Nana recount stories from the pictures.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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Earl Spencer recounts being alerted to the crash by a phone call from his sister Jane in the middle of the night at his home in Cape Town, South Africa.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The film recounts French high-wire artist Philippe Petit’s astonishing 1974 stunt, in which he and a small band of co-conspirators secretly rigged a cable between the towers, allowing Petit to walk high above lower Manhattan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
A warning alert sounded, but the elderly woman was "too old to run", he recounts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Cyborg doesn't have to think for long as she recounts other standout moments in her career.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Herrero recounts an incident that nicely conveys the near indestructibility of the grizzly.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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David Hsu, CEO of Retool, a San Francisco-based enterprise software company, recounted how someone at his office decided to set up an Out-of-Office responder for emails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Born on the Australian island of Tasmania, Flynn had an uncommonly colorful background, which he recounted with self-mythologizing verve in his memoir, “My Wicked, Wicked Ways.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
"I thought, well, which limb am I willing to lose? I'm right-handed, so I decided let's do a left hook," she recounted.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Survivors of massive flash floods in Nepal have recounted how they saw their loved ones disappear into torrents of mud.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Presumably shamans recounted their stories to attentive crowds; almost certainly, they explained when and where the gods wanted to build mounds.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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And in the heart of the capital, near the British Museum, a pub has hung up an eight-metre embroidered "Beer Tapestry" recounting the history of brewing in a playful tribute to the more violent original.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 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
I had no quarrel with Cole recounting that lamentable story alongside mine, but we did have one occasional difference of emphasis.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Sometimes they featured celebrities recounting past glories or promoting their newest releases.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
The Governor continued, recounting the horrors of the Great Fire.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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