reciting

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There’s documented marginalia and scribblings that suggest a serious reader, and anecdotes about her reciting poems at parties, reading Proust on set, and expounding on Whitman, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

Trump showed Xi videos of his granddaughter singing in Mandarin and reciting classical Chinese poetry, to which Xi responded that the girl deserved an "A+".

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Some accounts state that pretzels were a sort of reward, handed out by monks to their young postulants for learning and correctly reciting their prayers.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

The children are shown in the company of nannies or in daycare-like settings eating meals, playing or reciting homework assignments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Repeating his name was like reciting a very short, very cheering poem.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood