commentate
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John Murray: The player I'm looking forward to watching is Yamal as I am yet to commentate on him in a Barcelona shirt.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
No10's approach is one of discretion and avoiding the temptation to commentate.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
But commentators gotta commentate, and the time off in the woods has not mellowed Carlson.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
“There’s no one single solution to the problem,” said Swangard, the sports marketing expert who during the world championships will commentate for NBC Sports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
Surely nobody in their right mind would have let Luna Lovegood commentate?
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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BBC Newcastle's Nick Barnes will reach a milestone when he commentates on his 1,000th football match.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023
She’s the “famed” announcer who commentates on the everyday life things.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023
McEnroe is a familiar presence on ESPN, where he often commentates alongside his older brother, John.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2020
I’m a 26-year-old blind individual who color commentates baseball games,’ ” Iacovone said.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2019
“I hope Luna always commentates from now on...Loser’s Lurgy...”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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"Given how he played, it was no surprise that Fergus' contributions were always insightful and bang on the money," said Neilly, who commentated on Slattery's first game as Ireland captain against France in January 1979.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
He commentated on every Summer and Winter Olympic Games between 1992 and 2014.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
He also presented and commentated on events like general elections and royal weddings and funerals, and announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II to the nation in 2022.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2024
Norton has commentated on Eurovision for British television since 2009, and he is known for gently poking fun at the more outrageous performances and the horrendously complicated voting process.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2023
After a minute or two he got up and came back to the table to listen to Lebedeff's outpourings, as the latter passionately commentated on Evgenie Pavlovitch's paradox.
From The Idiot by Martin, Eva M.
Vaughan, who is in Australia commentating on the Ashes, was locked inside a restaurant "a few hundred yards from Bondi" for several hours alongside his wife, sister-in-law, two daughters, and a friend.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
Standing umpire Steve Bucknor called for TV umpire Steve Davis, all while former Australia captain Mark Taylor - commentating on television - became gradually more agitated.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
The Lancashire crowd stridently cheered each of the Yorkshireman's three milestones, with Ponting commentating for television when his haul was passed.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2025
Elsewhere, Bradley Walsh would likely feature for anchoring Gladiators and Blankety Blank, while Graham Norton would appear for commentating on Eurovision and his BBC One chat show.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025
“He is really struggling here. We have never seen him choke this badly in all of our commentating from his head!”
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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