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Recent Examples of commentate
For the Tuesday episodes, Nolan will commentate on the week's sports moments on and off the field.
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Kerry Flynn, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
There was then a panel chat with Barkley, Lil Dicky, and former football offensive lineman Brian Baldinger, who also tried their hand at commentating on NFL films, and a beer-chugging competition.
—Danielle Jennings, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Don't worry, the event will be on live TV, streamed online and commentated on the radio.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2024
From the moment the pair commentated on England against Canada in the 2022 Arnold Clark Cup, Hutchinson knew something was up.
—Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
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Kerry Flynn, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
There was then a panel chat with Barkley, Lil Dicky, and former football offensive lineman Brian Baldinger, who also tried their hand at commentating on NFL films, and a beer-chugging competition.
—Danielle Jennings, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Don't worry, the event will be on live TV, streamed online and commentated on the radio.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2024
From the moment the pair commentated on England against Canada in the 2022 Arnold Clark Cup, Hutchinson knew something was up.
—Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commentate
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In a post to TikTok on March 5 that has been viewed 2.5 million times, Gooding explained how things started.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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The United States Department of Justice revealed the arrest on May 13, 2020, explaining that Fayne, who also goes by the name Arkansas Mo, had been arrested on federal bank fraud charges arising from a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan.—
Diane J. Cho,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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Words spoken by a therapist who encouraged her to paint as a way to heal.—
Devan Díaz,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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Sriram herself also makes for an intriguing screen presence in the lead role that speaks to the dichotomous nature of the film.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2025
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The hope now for David Cassirer and his family is that the 9th Circuit will interpret the California law passed last year to take precedence over federal law.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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This happens because the brain interprets rejection—or even the fear of rejection—as a potential relational risk, activating survival mechanisms rather than connection.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Doherty says Cooper — who makes his acting debut in the series — impressed her.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
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The cause of the fire was not known, the Fire Brigade said.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Bar menus in every major American city were annotated with craft mocktails spiked with adaptogens, and YouTube swamis like Andrew Huberman were proclaiming that alcohol was a poison that hampered cognitive performance.—
Barrett Swanson,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Annotation supplies: $13.99 Many readers like to annotate their books, so a pack of annotation supplies is a great gift option.—
Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
10 Dec. 2024
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She's laid off most of her staff and is talking with a realtor about selling the organization's office building.—
Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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Not one person talked to me about it—not Vince, not Hunter, no one from the office.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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The discussion did not address the controversy, but Brody did expound on how dialect coach Tanera Marshall and familial inspirations, specifically his grandfather, shaped his vocal characterization of László Tóth, the film’s fictional Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor.—
Abbey White,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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Strangio is joined by a number of trans activists — including famous faces like Elliot Page, and an outspoken 12-year-old named Mila — in not only expounding upon daily prejudices and hypocrisies of anti-trans alarmism, but also daily mundanities.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2025
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Rekha Sharma-Crawford, a partner at Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law who represents several individuals who were detained, told The Star that her team should have a disposition on the last person in custody soon.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
15 Mar. 2025
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The male also told the dispatcher that the woman was not breathing.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Commentate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentate. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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