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recap

[ree-kap, ree-kap, ree-kap] / ˈriˌkæp, riˈkæp, ˈriˌkæp /




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Here is a recap of notable comments Trump made in public remarks and on social media during half a year of war:

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

She now watches Owens’s show, on every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and creates recap videos on her Instagram page, which has amassed nearly 100,000 followers and is regularly reposted by Owens herself.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

To quickly recap: In 2019 the streamer said that America “deserved” 9/11, a comment he apologized for shortly afterward and has since disavowed.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Uber's annual lost and found index, the company said, adding that it was using the opportunity to recap trends over the years.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Mrs. Curtis says, “Well, let’s name what happened. We’re kind of talking around it. Can someone give a recap just so that we’re all caught up and on the same page?”

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

As Dobbins put it, the event was recapped on both celebrity gossip site “DeuxMoi and LinkedIn.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

His recent visit to Vietnam was recapped on TikTok over a techno rave soundtrack.

From BBC ● May 1, 2025

Every lyric is recapped as a presumed confession, combed for autobiographical Easter eggs and compared, true crime Reddit-style, to the forensic files of her life and loves.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024

If there is value in seeing these events recapped, it is in the power of seeing the parents confront Jones in court.

From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

With a snap, he recapped the bottle and dropped it into the black doctor’s bag by his feet.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

A couple of posts later, Zach Witkoff added another message, a video recapping the “World Liberty Forum” held at Mar-a-Lago in February.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

The second part of the series’ two-part finale, released Wednesday, concludes with the “Clarkson’s Farm” crew recapping the ups and downs of their harvest year and with the show’s namesake back in a hospital bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

As DA Davidson analyst Clark Wright says in his note recapping Phreesia’s fourth quarter earnings, “there are several moving pieces to the story.”

From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026

Instead, Williams is doing what he does most Sundays between September and January: recapping the game with a parody of a popular song.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

It was late that night when Katherine and Jimmy tucked the girls into their beds and collapsed onto their own bed, but they stayed up even later laughing and gossiping, recapping the family gathering.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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