chronicle
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News helicopters are a vital part of news gathering in Southern California, helping chronicle brush fires, mass shootings and, of course, police pursuits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The roughly 30-piece show, I Am Plane Image, combines works lent by museums and private collectors with pieces from the family’s own holdings to chronicle the painter’s six-decade career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
In this monthly Retirement Rookies column, the 69-year-olds chronicle some of the issues they are dealing with early in retirement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Chin and Vasarhelyi won an Oscar for 2018’s “Free Solo,” their nerve-shredding chronicle of Alex Honnold’s ropeless ascent up El Capitan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
I wrote this book because I wanted to chronicle my quest to challenge society’s limited perceptions of what a Muslim woman, a Black woman, or an athlete can be.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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In Rent, Matarazzo plays struggling film-maker Mark, who chronicles and narrates the lives of his friends.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The best director prize went to Russian-born Ilya Khrzhanovsky for his vast, riotous and experimental cinema project "DAU" that chronicles the life of the troubled father of the Soviet nuclear programme, Lev Landau.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Richmal Crompton’s chronicles of an English schoolboy and his misadventures began in 1922 and charmed readers for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
She followed that up with “Traps,” in 2013, a slim suspense novel that chronicles the lives of four women in the American Southwest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Those chronicles describe how the sun goddess Amaterasu, born from the left eye of the creator god Izanagi, sent her grandson Ninigi to earth on the Japanese island of Kyushu to wed an earthly deity.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Michael Burry, the contrarian ex-hedge-fund manager chronicled in The Big Short, is selling his top holding at an 8.5-year low.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
The series chronicled the lives of British women in Singapore after the Japanese invasion and their consequent confinement in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The writer John McPhee, who chronicled the alarmingly kinetic San Gabriels in his book “The Control of Nature,” marveled at the human stubbornness that keeps us here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Since then, every twist of their relationship has been chronicled by the press.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Wahzhazhe chronicled the sweeping history of the Osage, including the period of the Reign of Terror.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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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
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
Jon Favreau, director of the live-action ‘Lion King,’ executive produces a documentary chronicling the life of big cat Kio from cubhood to becoming the leader of his pride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Eventually, he said, he was contributing weekly columns to Sp!ts, a free commuter newspaper in Amsterdam, chronicling his growing infatuation with the sport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Mostly it was just me, chronicling heartbreak the only way I knew how.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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