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recap

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




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A quick recap: Karty, a 2024 draft pick, was released last season after he struggled, including a low point of two blocked kicks against Philadelphia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 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

A brief recap of the past dozen years in bubbles:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

To sit back and watch the scene play out in the detail that only a recap could provide.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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

ET and will be recapped around 12 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 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

A couple of times a week, he recapped the triumphs and struggles of his life.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

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

“We still believe this will be the year of the IPO,” Blackstone President Jon Gray said on a video recapping the firm’s first-quarter results.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 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

The “We’re the Millers” star hinted at her relationship with Curtis in September, when she shared a handful of photos recapping her summer adventures — including one of Curtis watching the sunset by the sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 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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