recitation
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As Othello, Mr. Quinn is at first surprisingly soft-spoken, not putting too much polish on the character’s transfixing eloquence—“the Othello music,” as critics have called it—in his recitation of how he won Desdemona’s love.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
What the book is not is a recitation of big games and important goals.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
It’s worth a recitation of the original case’s backstory at this point, because this litigation has become a house of cards, with new, precarious levels being added all the time.
From Slate • Aug. 29, 2025
On the outside, it seems like it’s a quiet, calm ballad as it opens; Ellis on guitar, a recitation of the story of "a girl who’s got no history / got no past."
From Salon • May 13, 2025
I’ve nearly committed it to memory when the recitation is interrupted.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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