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chronicle

[kron-i-kuhl] / ˈkrɒn ɪ kəl /


VERB
report, recount
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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

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

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

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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