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memoir

[mem-wahr, -wawr] / ˈmɛm wɑr, -wɔr /


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The murder case had largely gone cold until public statements made by Davis himself, who published a memoir in 2019.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The defense lawyer cast Davis’ memoir as fiction and said there was no evidence his client was in Las Vegas.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

In his 2019 self-published memoir “Compton Street Legend,” Davis wrote: “I’m one of the only living eyewitnesses to Tupac’s killing.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Anderson played Raynor Winn in the film adaptation of the 2018 memoir, which was released in the United Kingdom last year.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

At the time Mudgett described this encounter in his memoir, he was sitting in a prison cell hoping to engineer a swell of public sympathy.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Unlike some prison memoirs, this isn’t an innocence story.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Although both authors were only 32, they had lived unusual enough lives to justify memoirs.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

Gordon Brown reflects in his memoirs the agonising private conversations he had about a snap election and in deciding against it found himself going "from near hero to near zero in a day."

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

What distinguishes “With the Old Breed” from many other war memoirs is its focus on moral courage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

It was a radical shift from the kind of assignment that dominates high school writing instruction today, in which students are asked to write memoirs and personal reflections.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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