reciting
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The 1974 concept album My Tennessee Mountain Home, meanwhile, is a musical autobiography that opens with Parton reciting the first letter she wrote home after moving to Nashville as a teenager.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Characters keep clunkily reciting statistics and facts everyone in the room would already know, solely to instruct the audience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“My kids and myself will forever walk around in a squeaky voice reciting: “Help meeee...I feeel like a yo-yo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Students reciting Annapolis’ “Midshipman Ethos” say they’re “united by our oath to defend the Constitution,” not their background.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Aliya sits with her hands raised in prayer, responding to her dua questions by reciting a long prayer of an answer, followed up by a full belly laugh.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
