Thesaurus results for NARRATES

narrates

verb

present tense third-person singular of narrate

as in describes

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 In four of the videos, posted before Johnson formally announced his reelection bid, the mayor narrates a tour of investments on the city’s South, West, Southwest and Northwest sides. — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 Cathy narrates, and here, too, in the Trask house, is another divide. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 Novelist Zadie Smith narrates the series, which is set to premiere at the BFI London Film Festival next month. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 In the series, Joel Kinnaman narrates your development of those feelings. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 At the center of this operation was the Bayeux Tapestry, an ancient wall hanging that narrates, over the course of two hundred and twenty feet, the Norman conquest of England, in 1066. — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026 Quaid narrates the new documentary Water Wars, which dives into a legal war over water rights in West Texas. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026 After a respectful interval and perhaps another sip of whiskey, the next teller narrates an even closer call. — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026 The 2015 sequel ends with an emotional sequence featuring Dom and Brian (Walker) driving side by side as the former narrates a montage about their relationship. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026

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The Marine Corps describes it as a highly mobile and rapidly deployable system intended for sea denial and littoral protection.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Truong describes ground networks as high capacity where people cluster, satellites as wide-area coverage, and the stratospheric layer as a bridge for places that are hard or expensive to serve.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026

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Speaking vulnerably, Sandy tells us about her journey, and she is moved when Aesha gives her a necklace with a pendant engraved with the number 36 and an anchor.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
His new novel, Vigil, tells the story of an angel tasked with helping a billionaire feel a degree of remorse for his actions before crossing over.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

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The documentary recounts the history of the original group while heeding its call to action by collaborating with next-gen artists to carry the tradition forward.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Stallone recounts the years leading up to the film’s success, right up to the night of the 1977 Oscars, when Rocky won the award for best picture.

— Monica Coviello, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of recounts

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Most of the funding gap relates specifically to weapons purchases, Zelensky said, and future financing for Ukraine could come in the form of deals for sharing technology and joint drone production.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
And then Mowbray relates some personal evidence of what has not changed — Middlesbrough’s attachment to football.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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