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To recap, each Saturday we’ll break down the biggest news of the week into three categories: what mattered most, what we’re keeping an eye on, and what’s unfathomably inane.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2026
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
That Girl Mom currently spends about 20 hours a week watching Owens’ episodes, doing her own research and then filming the recap videos.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
A brief recap of the past dozen years in bubbles:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
“This is an abomination!” said one of the committee members, watching a recap of the Lemoncello Library Olympics’ first day of competition on the Book Network’s website.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Message boards erupted, and Neal, the YouTuber who regularly recapped “Bachelor” episodes on his show, dug into the paternity fray.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The clips boomerang around the internet and get analyzed and recapped for everyone by Sunday morning.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
There was some very uplifting, and very un-Traitors-esque music, as we recapped some moments from each of the finalists' time in the castle.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
The first “Rebel Moon,” released on Netflix in December, made audiences endure a gantlet of narrative groundwork that’s fairly inessential and recapped here.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
Dobrynya recapped the case, stroked a thick finger down the hawk’s back, and said, “I’ll keep him here, so you can write a letter back. Hopefully he’ll return to where he came from.”
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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
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
But his speech on Sunday avoided that issue entirely, instead recapping his election victory and hitting on themes – including immigration, crime and foreign trade – that were mainstays of his campaign.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
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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