recounts

VERB

tell a story

Synonyms

STRONGEST

convey depict describe detail narrate portray recap recite rehash relate repeat tell

STRONG

delineate echo enumerate itemize picture recapitulate rehearse report state track unload verbalize

WEAK

break a story give an account of play back run by again run down run through say again

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal confuse hide misrepresent mix up suppress withhold

WEAK

repress

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recounts

Cyborg doesn't have to think for long as she recounts other standout moments in her career.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Mr. Bockino recounts the fascinating history of the point spread, which helped turned lopsided games into betting fodder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The LP opens with “Casablanca,” in which she recounts a run-in with the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir in New Orleans in the late ’80s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

In his 2012 autobiography "An American Son," the man oft-memed as the "viceroy" of Cuba, recounts boasting to his exiled Cuban grandfather that he would one day overthrow Fidel Castro and free Cuba.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Another migrant, Darwin Zepeda Lopez, recounts what can happen in a locked boxcar.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario