immortalize

"For a melanocyte to transform into cancer, one of the biggest hurdles is to immortalize itself. Once it can do that, it's well on its way to cancer."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026

The pharaohs of ancient Egypt built pyramids in the Valley of Kings to immortalize themselves.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025

Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, Twain grew up in the slaveholding community of Hannibal, Mo., a town he would immortalize in “Huckleberry Finn” and its prequel, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025

But the world in general, and the art world in particular, has remained largely conservative about what kinds of bodies it chooses to depict, celebrate and immortalize.

From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2024

You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

At Notre Dame: The movie “Rudy” immortalizes a real-life 1975 Notre Dame-Georgia Tech game in which a walk-on football player and a teammate sacked the opposing quarterback, helping the Fighting Irish win 24-3.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

She also does the character— and Carrie Fisher, who immortalizes Leia as an adult— proud.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2022

Such poignant lyricism, however, isn’t only mined from the everyday tragedies and triumphs of the real people she immortalizes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2021

In her memory, her mother and her father’s sister live large; so she immortalizes them in “Two Women,” about what strange bedfellows some in-laws make.

From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2020

The graffiti on the walls was marked by Deckers and their friends, sometimes the last piece of themselves the Deckers have left behind, something that immortalizes them.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

The new general manager was Paul DePodesta, immortalized in “Moneyball” and promptly tagged by Times columnist T.J.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Charles and Caroline are a handsome couple, with Pa hewn in the rugged spirit immortalized by Michael Landon in the 1970s TV classic.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

The man who immortalized the man who made a midnight ride to Lexington left the Colonies in 1774, moved to London, and never returned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

The Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini saga has been forever subtly immortalized in a Chargers schedule release video.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

“He added an angel, with a sword and a lantern, and Billy knew it was his brother, Marcus, who was now immortalized on the ceiling of the theatre...”

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick

As De Palma’s masterpiece reminds us, love can be just as immortalizing as film.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

Although a passionate reader, he was a terrible speller, immortalizing “tea” as “tae” in a 1961 painting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Movie legend Tom Cruise and the player's pop star-turned-fashion designer wife Victoria Beckham will be at the ceremony on June 12 to unveil the plaque immortalizing the British midfielder on Hollywood's most famous thoroughfare.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

One wrote: “You have to take responsibility for immortalizing an idiot.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2023

Haas, an archaeologist at the Field Museum of Natural History, in Chicago, had plucked the fabric from the earth minutes before, two graduate students immortalizing the operation with digital cameras.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann