chronicle
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Amusing anecdotes and lessons strengthen an otherwise straightforward chronicle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Like many of the best covers, Harris sings this young girl’s chronicle of her long-suffering mother’s sacrifices with such natural assurance that you’d think “To Daddy” had been written for her.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Most documentaries urge you to not turn away from the horrors they chronicle, but few make that request as explicitly as “American Doctor.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I told myself I was only going to chronicle the decadence,” says narrator Bret, “an excuse I’d return to many times in my career.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Through the change into my uniform: Maybe it’s a chronicle of some secret life Great-Grampy JonJon was living...
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
The more than 200-foot-long work chronicles the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and the Norman conquest of England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Consider it the fourth installment of this back-of-the-plane traveler’s business-class chronicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
"Katseye: Wild Hearts," which chronicles the pop girl group by the same name, came in fifth place, earning $3.6 million for Trafalgar Releasing on its opening weekend.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The program’s first film will be the documentary “Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt,” which debuted last year at South by Southwest and chronicles the history of the punk rock band.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
A decade or so later—in 1463, if Spanish chronicles are correct— the emperor sent out another army led by his son and designated successor, Thupa Inka Yupanki.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Numerous photographs—several by Wolfgang Volz, who chronicled nearly all of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s projects—capture the work in progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
If we’re to believe what’s chronicled in “Freefall” by former Boeing employees, aviation experts, crash investigators and the families of those who perished in the 737 Max crashes, there’s already a thin line of accountability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
All of them chronicled their holidays on social media, giving the Greek tourism industry a massive hit of free advertising.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Mr. Futterman’s focus on superstars will leave some readers wishing he’d chronicled the occasional journeyman trying to scrape out wins and paychecks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
They started a blog called 50 Homes in 50 States and chronicled their moving adventures.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
It was restarted from scratch in 2013 with a new trilogy dubbed "Survivor", chronicling the adventures of a younger, less experienced Lara.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The journalist Michael Wolff, who has been chronicling Trump for years, says he obtained both letters while writing a book about the president’s 2024 campaign.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
The 43-year-old became widely known following a Netflix documentary chronicling his journey, 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, released two years later.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
A filmmaker followed Sen. Lindsey Graham over the past three years, chronicling his relationship with Trump and Netanyahu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
In resigning themselves to the role of chronicling ever-changing usage, they are acknowledging the wisdom of Thomas Carlyle’s famous reply to Margaret Fuller’s statement “I accept the universe”: “Gad! She’d better.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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