memento

A couple, out for a stroll, asked an AFP journalist to take a photo of them, a memento of a nice date back on their island home.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

His so-called “bone temple” is an actualization of his life philosophy, memento mori, which translates from Latin as “Remember you must die.”

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

After dinner, I pass out little memento goodies such as honey, tea, candy or jams as party favors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

The 26-year-old was a short-format star - the Olympic rings tattooed on the inside of his right bicep are a memento of a bronze-medal winning campaign in Tokyo.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025

“Although I am rather hungry, and you have, after all, just sold a memento of my childhood for thirty pieces of silver, so to speak.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

And now, all of these years later, you feel ostracized from your remaining family and, more than that, you were left with a few mementoes of those formative years and no inheritance.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

She is moved by the sight of the mementoes left by other pilgrims at the foot of the cross and adds Tom and Lizzie’s things to the pile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

Ceara says she feels nostalgic about shopping at Claire's and wishes she'd kept some items as mementoes.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025

It may keep mementoes of successes, souvenirs that mark important events, treasured valuable items and things that may seem mundane and trivial to some but give meaning to others.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025

She kept her mementoes in there—toys she used to play with, blankets she used to love, odd-looking rocks, pressed flowers, leather-bound journals densely scrawled with her thoughts and questions and pictures and sketches.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

“In the end, he left them a few sentimental mementos, some collectibles and old photographs.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

In the end, he left them a few sentimental mementos, some collectibles and old photographs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Biles has also filled the home with more personal touches, particularly inside her private office, where she has begun displaying mementos from her decorated gymnastics career.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

It's a trend that has filled TikTok and Pinterest as pupils look for more permanent mementos to be signed by their friends, while online marketplaces like Etsy offer thousands of personalised shirts for a fee.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

By those mementos I’d found under the floorboard—the Wiggle King lure, the Liberty Head silver dollar, Shady’s cork, and the tiny nesting doll—I was connected to this place and those people.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool