recounting

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In recent years, they picked up speed after the 2000 presidential election, which was so close that it took six weeks of recounting, lawsuits and a Supreme Court decision to decide the winner.

From Salon • May 26, 2026

"Scott was like a zombie," Guscott laughed when recounting the day.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

“But no task that we perform in reality is just recounting already established knowledge,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

He recalls Maradona recounting how his mother, Dalma "Tota" Franco, would go without food so he could eat his fill.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Even in recounting what little she had told me of her life, Mommy had never referred to herself as Rachel.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride