chronicle
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Like many of the best covers, Harris sings this young girl’s chronicle of her long-suffering mother’s sacrifices with such natural assurance that you’d think “To Daddy” had been written for her.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Most documentaries urge you to not turn away from the horrors they chronicle, but few make that request as explicitly as “American Doctor.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
While early journal entries chronicle profound uncertainties regarding viral origins and transmission dynamics, public mandates were treated as absolute, unquestionable truths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Theirs is that rare music chronicle that offers transcriptions of mandolin solos along with detailed arrest records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
"In the morning, perhaps we will see the king march by. I'll record it for my chronicle."
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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Van Dyk chronicles these lives with a modesty that runs counter to the script’s potentially melodramatic setup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Ms. Lee, whose previous book was the 2017 historical novel “Pachinko,” sensitively chronicles the couple’s story of “coming down in the world.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Documentarian Alex Gibney chronicles the attack on—and recovery of—the acclaimed author, a target of the Iranian regime for decades due to his novel ‘The Satanic Verses.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The artwork, which chronicles scenes from the 1066 Battle of Hastings and the start of the Norman Conquest of England, was held in a shock-proof and temperature controlled case to protect the delicate embroidery.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
They disagree on which social factors to emphasize and on how much weight to assign individual Spanish chronicles, but the outline seems not in serious dispute.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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The Wolfes’ gatherings, where Wolfe served lobsters he caught, were chronicled by the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Numerous photographs—several by Wolfgang Volz, who chronicled nearly all of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s projects—capture the work in progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Since then, every twist of their relationship has been chronicled by the press.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Renowned walker Cameron McNeish chronicled his journey from the most northerly point, Rubha Hunish, along the Trotternish Ridge, through the iconic Cuillin hills, to finish 70 miles away at Broadford.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
As the house lights dimmed in the Apollo Theatre, the flickering images of black-and-white photographs and film clips on the screen chronicled my father’s life.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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To make sense of these claims, I reached out to Zeke Faux, the author of Number Go Up and a journalist who has been chronicling Bitcoin’s rise and fall and rise for years.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
He writes about the artificial intelligence industry, chronicling how it is reshaping business and society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But the bright-eyed cameraman often turned the lens to his own community, chronicling small but meaningful moments shaping everyday life in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
It was restarted from scratch in 2013 with a new trilogy dubbed "Survivor", chronicling the adventures of a younger, less experienced Lara.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Within a year, Mia had sent Anita another set of prints—each chronicling something’s slow decay: a dead cottonwood, a condemned house, a rusting car—that she was ready to take on.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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