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recounted

  • past participle
    of recount.
    recount
    verb (used with object)
    to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
  • past tense form
    of recount.
    recount
    verb (used with object)
    to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.

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“He always reads lips, then tells the coach or the manager exactly what they said,” Maddux later recounted to the Athletic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Louis Chinal, 76, a retired New York City firefighter from Staten Island, recounted taking the Staten Island ferry to lower Manhattan after the South Tower had collapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

After the meeting he got his father to wire the Japanese company $50 to seal the deal, he recounted in his autobiography.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Steve's wife Terri also took to social media to mark the day, posting an interview where the khaki-clad wildlife advocate recounted Bindi's birth and its impact on him.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

While they recounted and sported, I pretended study, regimental discipline at that early date not having yet surrendered to the negligence of tactical despair.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson