recounts

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Lee recounts a rigmarole of joys and traumas—a trip to the circus, a bad breakup, a house fire—which all fail to leave much of an impression.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

In the fuzzed-out “Envy the Birds,” the frontman recounts an argument between two lovers “spraying bullets of grievances”; the driving “Riptides” is narrated by a guy “too tired to end the war.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Mr. Auslin recounts those debates and the drafting process of a document later described by its primary author, Thomas Jefferson, as “an expression of the American mind.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

McIlroy recounts he was a fierce competitor in training.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Another migrant, Darwin Zepeda Lopez, recounts what can happen in a locked boxcar.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario