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narrate

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


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If we rely on AI to narrate our experience—interpret our numbers, synthesize our sensations, assign meaning to our setbacks—we may weaken our own capacity to make sense of it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

He waited, and to keep himself amused, he hummed snatches of his favorite cantata and imagined how he would narrate his adventures.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

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

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Harry Sparkes, from Harpenden, Hertfordshire, stars in Thomas & Friends: Railway Stories alongside Crazy Rich Asians actor Henry Golding, who narrates the series in a role made famous by Sir Ringo Starr.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Country musician Tanya Tucker narrates this documentary about the people keeping the craft traditions of the frontier alive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Olakunde narrates always with looks of the greatest solemnity, but raveled deep in his demeanor is his joy in telling these tales, and to an audience so delighted with his testimony.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Raman received $1,500 from “Better Call Saul” actor Bob Odenkirk, who also narrated a recent campaign ad for her campaign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Golding said he was in the "shadow of giants" following in the footsteps of Sir Ringo and Pierce Brosnan, who narrated a 2008 movie special called Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Olympics on Wednesday, publicly beginning her attempt for a third Olympic Games in a video narrated by NBA legend Michael Jordan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Our local host narrated what followed with the ease of a docent: yellow croaker steamed in fragrant rice wine and a whole fruitwood-roasted duck, brought out intact before being carved three ways tableside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

In pantomime, Chief Joyi would fling his spear and creep along the veld as he narrated the victories and defeats.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

One popular social media video has a Nigerian narrating how he stopped a speeding Dangote company lorry driver, telling him not to be reckless with company property.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Smith makes treats like Skittles, gummy bears and pasta festooned with marigold petals, narrating each step in a baby-soft voice while wearing dreamy fits.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 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

His digital chorus, which includes personas for guided meditations and narrating fantasy tales, earns him about $3,000 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

I wasn’t cutting the frog open or anything, but I started narrating as Twig sliced, like Twig was one of those doctors on TV.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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