recounts

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It is also recorded in her diary, which recounts how she took an early coach to London costing £14, then a train and then a taxi.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 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. Moore recounts the continuing efforts to restore the “old, wild East” by focusing on three exemplar species: the elk, the bison and the enigmatic red wolf.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The biblical passage recounts how the serpent, typically interpreted as the devil in Christian theology, tempted Eve to sin by eating the forbidden fruit.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

She recounts events from her spiritualist days, delighted when he finds the endeavor as absurd as she had at the time.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern