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chronicle

[kron-i-kuhl] / ˈkrɒn ɪ kəl /


VERB
report, recount
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“It had gotten so bad that I wanted to chronicle what was going on,” Gormlie said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

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

I’d seen hundreds of shattered windshields in the junkyard, each one unique, with its particular spray of gossamer extruding from the point of impact, a chronicle of the collision.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

In Rent, Matarazzo plays struggling film-maker Mark, who chronicles and narrates the lives of his friends.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

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

The more than 200-foot-long work chronicles the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and the Norman conquest of England.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

To fill the gap between 660 B.C. and the earliest historically documented Japanese monarchs, the chronicles invented 13 other, equally fictitious emperors.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

"The Social Reckoning" serves as a sequel of sorts to 2010's "The Social Network," Sorkin's acclaimed film that chronicled Facebook's origins.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

Many recent revolutionary inventions have been almost accidental, Cole found as he chronicled the tales of companies like Novo Nordisk and Google.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

If we’re to believe what’s chronicled in “Freefall” by former Boeing employees, aviation experts, crash investigators and the families of those who perished in the 737 Max crashes, there’s already a thin line of accountability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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

But across all these iterations of Xavi, one thing remains the same — his commitment to chronicling relationships.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

It looks like just another Tiktoker chronicling her breakup for the world to see.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

The journalist Michael Wolff, who has been chronicling Trump for years, says he obtained both letters while writing a book about the president’s 2024 campaign.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 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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