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diary

[dahy-uh-ree] / ˈdaɪ ə ri /


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"Maybe it was my fate to walk in with no legs," she told the diary room.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

“Mixtapes effectively provide a diary of my life,” Dasafo told the Guardian in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Time in the kitchen fell sharply after 1965 but began gradually climbing again near the turn of the century, according to a historical time diary hosted by the University of Minnesota.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The other piece of Marsh’s I returned to over the years was his infamous tour diary on the 1975 Rolling Stones tour, titled “I Call and Call and Call On Mick.”

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Zhenya Rudneva makes it clear in her diary entries about her dearest friends that she loved them deeply and passionately.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

In theory, we could able to liberate ourselves of dull, menial tasks, such as replying to emails, going to meetings or managing calendars and diaries, by delegating these to capable bots.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

The doctor’s recently released Covid-era diaries are only a fraction of the material now in congressional investigators’ hands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The answer seems clear to me: The only professionals who keep diaries believe that future historians are going to be interested in them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The doctor of the diaries comes across as all too human—stubborn, biased, vain and vindictive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Our information on what was happening in and around Philadelphia comes from Washington’s reports, letters, and diaries and from family stories handed down generation to generation.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen




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