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documentary

[dok-yuh-men-tuh-ree, -tree] / ˌdɒk jəˈmɛn tə ri, -tri /


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The case featured in BBC Discloure's Welcome to Glasgow documentary earlier this month.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Perlmutter, who is Jewish, is one of three American physicians at the center of Teng’s documentary.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

But other endeavors, including a documentary series about polo and a podcast about female founders, made less noise.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

For the documentary “The First 100 Days,” I asked Cohen in January 2025 what he might ask Trump if he got the chance to talk to him.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

Now he’s one of Edward James Olmos’s best friends and was in the documentary we watched called Lives in Hazard.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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

Olsen: And are there a lot of documentaries about boats and restoration?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

I tend to lean towards more documentaries than anything else.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Ms. Hamilton is producer of four documentaries on Ukraine featuring and directed by Bernard Henri-Lévy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

She had us watch one of her famously dull documentaries.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher




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