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[ri-kount] / rɪˈkaʊnt /


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County Registrar office is led by Dean Logan, who previously oversaw Washington state’s King County elections at the time of a contentious recount in the 2004 governor’s race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Sonia Kasparian, the original designer of Roxy’s board shorts back in the mid-’90s, smiles in our recent conversation when I recount my astonishment at their discovery.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

They have to rely on patients to recount their medical histories or wait hours or even days for another clinician to send a DVD, a fax — or a photocopy.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Sometimes "the silence after someone dies can be huge", Ball says, but doulas can sit with the bereaved and recount those last few days.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

It's never easy to recount what I lived through, no matter how many years or how much distance I put between myself and the boy I once was.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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