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recalled

  • past participle
    of recall.
    recall
    verb (used with object)
    to bring back from memory; recollect; remember.
  • past tense form
    of recall.
    recall
    verb (used with object)
    to bring back from memory; recollect; remember.

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She recalled an "extreme amount of pain" and being very confused, adding: "I didn't know what was going on and I couldn't speak. I think I was most confused about that."

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

She had dressed entirely in black in the 100-plus degree weather, Van Gorp recalled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

"We thought, 'We can't do it right now, but maybe in a few months,'" Garcia recalled.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

“When you’re in the inner city, how would I say this — you adapt,” his sister Aimee Johnson recalled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

“Then, it was just five minutes to go—then zero—and all hell broke loose,” recalled British sergeant-major Richard Tobin.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman