chronicle
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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
“In the ’70s and ’80s, I even bought reptiles from some of the very people that I chronicle in ’Monsters of God,’” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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
The chronicle has a Kafka-esque ending, with the author on trial, accused of removing his relatives’ names from a list of Greeks with money in Swiss bank accounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
I’d seen hundreds of shattered windshields in the junkyard, each one unique, with its particular spray of gossamer extruding from the point of impact, a chronicle of the collision.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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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
The artwork, which chronicles scenes from the 1066 Battle of Hastings and the start of the Norman Conquest of England, was held in a shock-proof and temperature controlled case to protect the delicate embroidery.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
She also started a Substack newsletter called “Finding Claire-ity,” where she openly chronicles her life and struggles on the tour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
“For example, it was not until I consulted the special archives here at Swanburne that I discovered the existence of a diary. An extraordinary, one-of-a-kind document. It chronicles the tale of a most...unusual seafaring expedition.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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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
Another patient, a 65-year-old veteran whose experience was chronicled in a case study published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry this spring, fed ChatGPT the results of two previous memory tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
One of her biggest writers is the author-activist Glennon Doyle, who has chronicled addiction, divorce and an unexpected romance with soccer player Abby Wambach across a string of blockbuster self-help memoirs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Part essay, part documentary archive, it chronicled the discoveries she made as a private investigator and her attempt to renew her PI license that fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
As the house lights dimmed in the Apollo Theatre, the flickering images of black-and-white photographs and film clips on the screen chronicled my father’s life.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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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
Skidelsky’s involvement with his subject did not cease, however, with the chronicling and analysis of Keynes’s life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
As his subjects grew older, Terman issued updates on their progress, chronicling their extraordinary achievements.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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