running commentary
Britishnoun
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With its enormous cast of shaggy-haired baby boomers, “Doonesbury” doubled as a running commentary on news and society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Police and Crime Commissioner Lisa Townsend said it would "not have been appropriate to provide a running commentary on the investigation at such a delicate stage until all enquiries had been completed".
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
Fortunately, President Donald Trump and others in his administration have offered a running commentary on the timeline.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
He had a chorus to provide running commentary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
Tolstoy, of course, as an omniscient narrator, also provides a running commentary, establishing what it was that the combatants were all, willy-nilly, conspiring to bring about.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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