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When called to join the contest, he announced that we contestants had recited the numbers too slowly, and proceeded to impress us with a rapid rendition of perhaps a couple dozen digits.

From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2020

Once, after I had recited Auden’s “The Fall of Rome” during his office hours, Derek said, “My god! Are you chewing gum? That was like an audition for ‘Guys and Dolls.’

From The New Yorker • Mar. 25, 2017

But once our genial server had recited an arm-length list of the night’s specials, and our dishes started to arrive, we settled in contentedly.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2016

He had recited the official oath correctly a day earlier, on Jan. 20, the inauguration date mandated by the Constitution.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2013

“The capital of Hungary is Budapest!” she had recited in her mind, in time to the clickity-clack of the train wheels.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood