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to give an oral or written account of in some detail
a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan
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Recent Examples of recounts
Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
In the 95-minute performance directed by former Berkeley Rep artistic director Tony Taccone, Ming-Trent recounts his eventful and occasionally tragic childhood that left him exiting a Greyhound bus in New York City’s Port Authority at age 17 with his mind set on becoming an actor.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
The film recounts Bloom's story as she is eventually indicted and put on trial.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
The filmmaker recounts his experiences as a teen music journalist.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
At the noon event, Sladek is expected to read from his memoir, which recounts his escape from persecution into the Tatra mountains along Slovakia’s border with Poland.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
Emanuel recounts the captain of his flight to Vietnam coming on the PA to tell the soldiers that Bobby Kennedy has been killed.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Comprising five books, the series takes place from 1860 to 1968 in Stockholm, and recounts the city’s transformation from poor and barely industrialized to a shining capital of the modern welfare state.
—Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
Co-produced by Tig Notaro, this documentary recounts the life of poet laureate and activist Andrea Gibson before her death in 2025.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
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His memoir Chronicles recounts his mother’s avid response to a Kennedy campaign visit to Hibbing, Minnesota, six months after Dylan left for Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
In the 95-minute performance directed by former Berkeley Rep artistic director Tony Taccone, Ming-Trent recounts his eventful and occasionally tragic childhood that left him exiting a Greyhound bus in New York City’s Port Authority at age 17 with his mind set on becoming an actor.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
The film recounts Bloom's story as she is eventually indicted and put on trial.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
The filmmaker recounts his experiences as a teen music journalist.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
At the noon event, Sladek is expected to read from his memoir, which recounts his escape from persecution into the Tatra mountains along Slovakia’s border with Poland.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
Emanuel recounts the captain of his flight to Vietnam coming on the PA to tell the soldiers that Bobby Kennedy has been killed.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Comprising five books, the series takes place from 1860 to 1968 in Stockholm, and recounts the city’s transformation from poor and barely industrialized to a shining capital of the modern welfare state.
—Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
Co-produced by Tig Notaro, this documentary recounts the life of poet laureate and activist Andrea Gibson before her death in 2025.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recounts
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Jordan describes the relationship between chef and winemaker as a constant dialogue, a feedback loop that ensures every pairing expresses the wine’s architecture, not just its flavor profile.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The company describes its approach as a two-step process.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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Tether has acquired more Treasury bills than large economies like South Korea, along with significant amounts of Bitcoin and gold, according to Roberts.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Since temperatures have warmed up a bit, Indy DPW crews and Snow Force have put down small amounts of salts on the road.—
Jen Guadarrama,
IndyStar,
27 Jan. 2026
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Jennette McCurdy tells Sofia Coppola about writing Half His Age.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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After age 30, people lose, on average, 3% to 5% of their muscle mass each decade, which is an especially risky trajectory for women, Rachele Pojednic, PhD, EdM, FACSM, a nutrition and exercise researcher, and director of education at Stanford Lifestyle Medicine, tells SELF.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
29 Jan. 2026
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The nomination totals were particularly juiced this year, when six different films earned eight-plus nominations.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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The accordion chart shows annual domestic box office returns grouped by totals for the top 10 films and the remainder of movies.—
Sarah Whitten,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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The song also narrates the killings of Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti, who were fatally shot by federal agents this month.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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Only this time, Buttafuoco narrates the events of her own life, as actress Chloe Lanier plays her younger self.—
Janine Rubenstein,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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There were enormous sums of money on the line in each vote referenced in the criminal complaint.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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According to investigators, customers paid large sums upfront but were later given false updates or no information at all about the status of their cars.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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Directed by Stacey Lee and produced by Jon Watts, the three-part documentary series (inspired by the iHeart Media podcast of the same name) chronicles a high school sociology class trying to crack a local cold case.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Jan. 2026
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The first is a documentary that chronicles the tumultuous, year-long construction of Disneyland; the other serves as the ideal pre-game option to Rachel McAdams’ latest flight-from-hell flick.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Unsheltered homelessness decreased by 45% between 2023 and 2025, according to those year’s counts, but advocates for homeless people say cold-weather shelters and other factors can obscure the figures.—
Jon Murray,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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January’s indictment alleges 32 counts involving bank fraud, bank burglary, computer fraud and damage to computers.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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