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to give an oral or written account of in some detail
got a CD of the best-selling children's story that happened to be narrated by the author herself
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Recent Examples of narrates
Farrell, who also narrates in a soft voice, often wears a look of shy incomprehension, as if a beat behind in translating the world around him, a stranger in a strange land.
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Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The video does not have sound, so Harris narrates what happened next.
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Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
Ramsay narrates at the end of the spot.
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Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
The protagonist, Marji, is split in half—her child self drawn on the page while her older, recollective self narrates the story of her coming-of-age.
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Hillary Chute,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2026
In great detail and with candid memories, the book narrates the trials, tribulations, and tragedies from the band’s formation in 1984 through the current day, including emotional and personal reflections on the life and death of one of its own superheroes, Chris Cornell.
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Selena Fragassi,
SPIN,
9 June 2026
Her new book, From Life Itself, narrates the turbulent decade between 2015 and 2025 as it was seen and heard on the streets of Karagümrük, a working-class neighborhood of Istanbul and a stronghold of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party.
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Suzy Hansen,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
Obama narrates videos scattered across the exhibit, which also features a full wall of 2008 campaign buttons, original copies of essays from Obama’s school and community organizing days and a timeline of his first presidential campaign.
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A.d. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
Jonathan Sangster stars as the musical’s central character Mark, a solitary filmmaker who narrates the story.
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David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2026
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The video does not have sound, so Harris narrates what happened next.
—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
Ramsay narrates at the end of the spot.
—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
The protagonist, Marji, is split in half—her child self drawn on the page while her older, recollective self narrates the story of her coming-of-age.
—
Hillary Chute,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2026
In great detail and with candid memories, the book narrates the trials, tribulations, and tragedies from the band’s formation in 1984 through the current day, including emotional and personal reflections on the life and death of one of its own superheroes, Chris Cornell.
—
Selena Fragassi,
SPIN,
9 June 2026
Her new book, From Life Itself, narrates the turbulent decade between 2015 and 2025 as it was seen and heard on the streets of Karagümrük, a working-class neighborhood of Istanbul and a stronghold of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party.
—
Suzy Hansen,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
Obama narrates videos scattered across the exhibit, which also features a full wall of 2008 campaign buttons, original copies of essays from Obama’s school and community organizing days and a timeline of his first presidential campaign.
—
A.d. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
Jonathan Sangster stars as the musical’s central character Mark, a solitary filmmaker who narrates the story.
—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2026
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The 3,200-square-foot residence at 10825 Lola Montez Road in Soda Springs, about 90 minutes from Sacramento via Interstate 80, includes three bedrooms and four bathrooms, but the listing describes it more like a private Sierra camp than a conventional home.
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In Apple in China, the Financial Times reporter Patrick McGee describes how the US firm’s advanced manufacturing supply chain birthed China’s world-beating consumer electronics sector.
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This is how a San Diegan tells time, but yes.
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Based on photos and videos from Venezuela, the damage appears to be quite extensive, reporter John Otis tells Up First.
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The story centers around friends Evelyn Couch and Ninny Threadgoode, who recounts stories about her past, primarily about Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, who run the Whistle Stop Café.
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As Mason recounts in the documentary, Parker came to his office in 2015 due to unexplained bleeding after the birth of her second child.
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The film chronicles the months of manipulation and deceit leading up to Parker committing the crime.
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The pic chronicles the first all-women’s sailing team to compete for the America’s Cup.
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But by then, Rockmount’s shirts were iconic, Weil relates in his third book about Western apparel and Rockmount.
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Silence = Death, the work of the Silence = Death Collective (and not ACT UP, as Avram Finkelstein relates in his interview) became the primary pictorial representation of ACT UP and a rallying slogan for the fight against the disease.
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