annal(s)

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“Houston, we have a problem” may be the most famous line in the annals of spaceflight.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Franjo von Allmen may have written his name into the annals of Olympic alpine skiing, but the grounded Swiss racer said ski history was wasted on him.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Or abandon caution, follow her instincts, go for a victory that would—could—make her the tournament winner and national champion, as well as the youngest grandmaster, male or female, in the annals of the game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Where does this achievement stand in the annals?

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

To find a documented poisoning attributable to wild sweet pea, I had to go all the way back to the nineteenth-century annals of Arctic exploration.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer