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commentate

[kom-uhn-tayt] / ˈkɒm ənˌteɪt /








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But commentators gotta commentate, and the time off in the woods has not mellowed Carlson.

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

Even as I get to commentate and present on more cricket for the BBC, I'm still that seven-year-old kid at heart, watching his heroes in lime green.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2022

Hard to believe he will not be commentating on another Welsh rugby season which starts this weekend in which Shanklin was due to commentate alongside Butler.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2022

“There’s no one single solution to the problem,” said Swangard, the sports marketing expert who during the world championships will commentate for NBC Sports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022

Surely nobody in their right mind would have let Luna Lovegood commentate?

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

BBC Newcastle's Nick Barnes will reach a milestone when he commentates on his 1,000th football match.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023

She’s the “famed” announcer who commentates on the everyday life things.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023

I’m a 26-year-old blind individual who color commentates baseball games,’ ” Iacovone said.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2019

But over the years, he's come to be regarded with enormous warmth – a snooker man with a genuine hinterland, who DJs, plays poker and chess, commentates and knows how to laugh at himself.

From The Guardian ● May 7, 2010

“I hope Luna always commentates from now on...Loser’s Lurgy...”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Ray French: Legendary broadcaster commentated on every Challenge Cup final for BBC TV from 1982 to 2008 and worked for the corporation for more than four decades.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025

"Who punched Tom Williams in the mouth, Tom Williams?" said former Bath and England fly-half Stuart Barnes as he commentated on Sky Sports.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025

He commentated on every Summer and Winter Olympic Games between 1992 and 2014.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024

Norton has commentated on Eurovision for British television since 2009, and he is known for gently poking fun at the more outrageous performances and the horrendously complicated voting process.

From New York Times ● May 13, 2023

After a minute or two he got up and came back to the table to listen to Lebedeff's outpourings, as the latter passionately commentated on Evgenie Pavlovitch's paradox.

From The Idiot by Eva M. Martin

His involvement with the NFL expanded off the green as he explored TV commentating, even earning Sports Emmy nominations for outstanding sports personality in 1994 and 1996.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

His tenure will end at the end of the Games, and he will not be commentating on the closing ceremony.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

Vaughan, who is in Australia commentating on the Ashes, was locked inside a restaurant "a few hundred yards from Bondi" for several hours alongside his wife, sister-in-law, two daughters, and a friend.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025

Standing umpire Steve Bucknor called for TV umpire Steve Davis, all while former Australia captain Mark Taylor - commentating on television - became gradually more agitated.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025

“He is really struggling here. We have never seen him choke this badly in all of our commentating from his head!”

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan




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