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Today will be the first of at least two visits by the co-owners inside the next seven days, with Reynolds and Mac set to commentate live on next Friday’s all-Wales Championship clash with Swansea City for a broadcast that will shown on Sky Sports in the UK and Paramount+ in the United States.
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Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
Although the Nickelodeon characters won't be commentating this year, another network will carry the big game – minus the slime.
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Bailey Allen,
The Providence Journal,
4 Feb. 2026
The group interrupted the church service while Lemon commentated as the anti-ICE protest unfolded.
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David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
In further late night commotion, in the aftermath of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10, late night host Jimmy Kimmel had his show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, suspended for six days after commentating on Kirk’s death.
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Scarlett Harris,
Time,
13 Oct. 2025
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Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
Although the Nickelodeon characters won't be commentating this year, another network will carry the big game – minus the slime.
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Bailey Allen,
The Providence Journal,
4 Feb. 2026
The group interrupted the church service while Lemon commentated as the anti-ICE protest unfolded.
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David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
In further late night commotion, in the aftermath of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10, late night host Jimmy Kimmel had his show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, suspended for six days after commentating on Kirk’s death.
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Scarlett Harris,
Time,
13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commentate
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Watching the hearing via Zoom from a prison holding room, Powell wiped his eyes and sighed heavily as Cribbs once again recited the facts of the case before Judge Rachelle Carnesale, explaining when Walton was fatally shot.
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When the Dodgers played here last month, a fan posted a picture of the menu board and explained what FTD stood for.
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Jolly and Mozeliak are scheduled to speak at a news conference on Saturday.
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Then, Zito and coach Paul Maurice spoke to fans.
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In order to understand what is happening, the reader must interpret the images and the character’s dialogue.
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Research that starts online often bears more fruit when it’s continued in person at a genealogical library, where professional genealogists and librarians can help locate and interpret records.
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DeKalb County's housing chief, Alan Ferguson, said this is an example of an affordable senior apartment project.
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The point of the Top 10 lists, Chandrasekaran said, is to steer young adults to employers that are actively hiring recent graduates into jobs that can seed meaningful careers.
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The two identical charts annotate the setup in different ways.
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Videos of manufacturing procedures can be recorded, annotated and archived by AI.
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Robert, talk me through the thinking behind this framing.
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Seconds later, Hines-Allen decided she was done talking and shoved Bonner.
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The tiny wine bar, across the street from the railroad tracks on Dixie Highway in Hollywood and across the parking lot from American Legion Post 92, is first and foremost focused on pouring and expounding on the beauty of natural wines from around the world.
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Warsh often referred back to the Fed’s brief statement about the economy rather than expounding upon it.
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All of Rojas’ family members were OK, the Venezuelan native told reporters ahead of Friday’s game against the Padres in San Diego.
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Sources told Axios that both sides agreed to halt attacks on each other and meet in Qatar on Tuesday to resolve differences over the Strait of Hormuz.
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“Commentate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentate. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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