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describe

[dih-skrahyb] / dɪˈskraɪb /


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Lazzeri went on to describe overall relations between Mexico and the U.S. as “the highest of collaborations that I have seen,” hailing the state of the border.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

These differences describe how frequently certain medical problems appeared within the FDA reports.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

I wasn’t part of those surveys, but the numbers confirm what I know from regrettable experience, as I describe in a new book.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026

“Redeem” was commonly used in the 15th and 16th centuries to describe such transactions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Instead, she was...He didn’t even know how to describe it.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Westminster jargon often describes earnest sets of recommendations published in reports like this as "wide-ranging".

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

More awkwardly, a line about Kavalan single malt now describes it as coming from the “Taiwan region,” a geographic descriptor sufficiently vague to satisfy the censor.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026

Near the end of the book, Biden describes Trump’s “fawning” meeting with him in the Oval Office after the 2024 election.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

The Grammy-winning songwriter has a new PBS special and an album of old tunes he describes as his ‘problem children.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

The recorded history of China’s Zhou Dynasty, from 1100 to 221 B.C., describes the conquest and absorption of most of China’s non-Chinese-speaking population by Chinese-speaking states.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

That is how former captain Sam Warburton described the monumental result against New Zealand in Cardiff on Saturday.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

He described the Pixie Crunch as an apple that’s great for kids, because it’s small.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

The team described that enormous collection of discoveries as "the tip of the iceberg," anticipating that the full survey would uncover many more objects.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

Many people have described how the raids have affected their daily lives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

Crandell and Mullineaux had looked back and described the worst eruptions in the past.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Teleparallel gravity takes a different mathematical approach, describing gravity through a property called torsion.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

She has observed a shift in the way young people talk about their problems - from describing their feelings to giving them labels, she tells BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

“The vet world is so mean,” Indiana veterinarian Kami Graber said on TikTok, describing heated reactions to an earlier video she’d posted about the difference in qualifications between vet technicians and vet assistants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

“The worries, the fears, the concerns, the ups and downs. I mean, how do you explain it? I don’t know,” he said to the news outlet, describing the experience since the outbreak.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Others remember her fondly, describing a delightful, tiny girl that Celia herself does not recall being.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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