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narrate

[nar-ayt, na-rayt] / ˈnær eɪt, næˈreɪt /


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After talking it through with her family and editor Elizabeth Méndez Berry, she warmed to the idea, realizing that the book didn’t have to just focus on her, that biography could also narrate community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Since first emerging online in 2019 on the online bulletin board 4chan, the Backrooms phenomenon has expanded across Reddit, TikTok, YouTube and gaming platforms, where users collectively map, narrate and extend its mythology.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

As the concert began to draw to a close, the BBC announced that Sir David will soon narrate another new natural history series, Blue Planet III.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

Instead of making an argument, an algorithm will narrate its own process, relying on clunky signposts like “this article will explore” or “moreover” and “furthermore.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

“You know, Albert, you kind of talk like those guys who narrate the movies at school. From the History Channel and stuff.”

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

In Rent, Matarazzo plays struggling film-maker Mark, who chronicles and narrates the lives of his friends.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Willy Wonka actor Gene Wilder "narrates" the show, explaining the various games to contestants.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Octavius and Agrippa were devastated, as the novel narrates, but they learned more shocking news.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

In her memoir, “Lab Girl,” Ms. Jahren narrates scientific struggles both dramatic and mundane.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

He narrates a series of events with the confidence that anyone looking at them will know what they imply, because the examples he has chosen are exact.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Sheen narrated “American Mosaic” live in March during a Cincinnati Symphony performance in his native Ohio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

The novel became an international bestseller and was later adapted by the BBC after Sir Lenny Henry, who narrated the audiobook, became determined to bring the story to the screen.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Because Warsh hasn’t narrated the committee’s thinking in the way his predecessors often did, investors now have to listen more carefully to everyone else, said Claudia Sahm, a former Fed economist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

But through journal entries from that time, narrated in the film by Diane Lane, the audience can piece together where the fear and the pride meet.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

I narrated this small story at great length.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The main issue with “The Rouse” is the author’s strangely passive way of narrating events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Bach said one simple way to do that is to use your phone to record a video as you walk through each room, narrating as you go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The Americans bought into the package and Zuffa Boxing leaned heavily into his aura, with Dame Helen Mirren narrating a promotional film charting his rise.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

He wants to get the Fed out of narrating its outlook, so as to avoid polluting market signals about that same outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

In an instant, an unconditional silence filled the bus, cutting off from the Chief any alternative but to take up his narrating position.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger


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