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narrate

[nar-ayt, na-rayt] / ˈnær eɪt, næˈreɪt /


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Prince William helps to narrate the video, which aims to tackle the stigma around mental health and suicide, with 7,000 lives being lost to suicide each year in the UK.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

After talking it through with her family and editor Elizabeth Méndez Berry, she warmed to the idea, realizing that the book didn’t have to just focus on her, that biography could also narrate community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Since first emerging online in 2019 on the online bulletin board 4chan, the Backrooms phenomenon has expanded across Reddit, TikTok, YouTube and gaming platforms, where users collectively map, narrate and extend its mythology.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

De Barbaro recommends parents narrate what they’re doing and point things out when they’re with their babies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

“It would be cooler if she was a secret agent,” Zayd says, before continuing to narrate.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan

Willy Wonka actor Gene Wilder "narrates" the show, explaining the various games to contestants.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Harry Sparkes, from Harpenden, Hertfordshire, stars in Thomas & Friends: Railway Stories alongside Crazy Rich Asians actor Henry Golding, who narrates the series in a role made famous by Sir Ringo Starr.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Felice Romani’s libretto also has an unusual—rather meta—construction: It includes a poet who is trying to write an opera buffa and narrates the events, a nod to Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

In the books and TV adaptations, Laura vividly narrates daily life on the prairie, recounting her adventures and mundane activities in such a way that many readers say they see themselves in adolescent Laura.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

She narrates the whole piece like it’s an essay for a French class.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

As the AI spools out its logic, step by step, this narrated sequence gives users reassurance that the AI is marching in an orderly fashion from one verifiable conclusion to the next.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But the tale of that Thursday’s spontaneous, viral resistance is narrated by its proud participants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

It centred around a slew of TikTok videos narrated by a distinctively "deep" and "lustrous" voice that Tsuda, 55, said can only be his.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Golding said he was in the "shadow of giants" following in the footsteps of Sir Ringo and Pierce Brosnan, who narrated a 2008 movie special called Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

I narrated my college life in exacting detail to both my parents like a homesteader dutifully providing dispatches from the frontier.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

One popular social media video has a Nigerian narrating how he stopped a speeding Dangote company lorry driver, telling him not to be reckless with company property.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Episode 2 opens with Rachel narrating their trip to Boston, “where American history helped shape the nation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

As the first plane in their journey ascends, Travolta’s distinct voice no longer feels like he’s narrating for a character.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

He writes about them as if he were narrating a trailer for a horror film.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

“That’s not right,” Grover murmured, but Geryon just kept narrating the tour.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan




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