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memoir

[mem-wahr, -wawr] / ˈmɛm wɑr, -wɔr /


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Her memoir was a hit, though its revelations cost her any potential future work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Somehow, we were both reading Bob Odenkirk’s memoir and had the same favorite TV show, “Fleabag.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

In his memoir, “Every Man for Himself and God Against All,” he describes tracking down the Chaplin twins with a newspaper photograph of the building they lived in.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Harris later wrote in her memoir 107 Days that she told Biden that his public comments about innocent Gazans could come across as “inadequate and forced.”

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

In his memoir Holmes contended that the news did shock him.

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

He became a Swiss citizen in 1851; made homes in Switzerland, France and Italy; and eventually settled in London, where he began his memoirs and launched the Bell in 1857.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Prime ministerial memoirs tell the stories of how central a moment it is in the week of any occupant of 10 Downing Street.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The investigation into Shakur's murder sputtered for decades because of a lack of evidence, but the case was revived when Davis's memoirs were published in 2019.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

After losing his entire fortune to bad investments in the early 1880s, he wrote his memoirs with the help of editor Mark Twain.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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