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diary

[dahy-uh-ree] / ˈdaɪ ə ri /


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His diary is exactly what you would want, recounting who he saw and what they said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Det Con Tom Ryan said the discovery of the diary entry was a "game-changer"

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Prior to the hearing, Paul released thousands of pages of the immunologist's personal diary.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

Test your news knowledge: Who was brought before a Senate subcommittee this week after pages from his personal diary were released by Sen. Rand Paul?

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

“Day passes day with very little or nothing to relieve the monotony,” Greenstreet wrote in his diary on March 5.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

But the Fauci diaries also point to another factor: the media.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

In her teenage years, she doodled poems in her diaries and made up verses about physics to help her remember things for her exams.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Both books anchor their narratives around celebrities of their respective eras and make ample and illuminating use of diaries and correspondences—frequently between world leaders but also by soldiers, slave laborers, crime victims and nightclub denizens.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

One of the most beloved things about Freddy’s American road trip diaries is that he never shows his face.

From Salon Jun. 17, 2026

When the three men had gone out to their tasks Van Helsing asked Mrs. Harker to look up the copy of the diaries and find him the part of Harker’s journal at the Castle.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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