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In 1998 she wrote the seminal essay on official Washington’s state of mind during Ken Starr’s investigation into Bill Clinton.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

Another title - I am Fan Yusu - an autobiographical essay about a migrant worker's personal struggle, swept the Chinese internet in 2017.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

In Rachel Aviv’s new essay collection ‘You Won’t Get Free of It,’ she explores childhood trauma, mental illness and the slipperiness of truth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

A close read of a surprising celebrity choice: My colleague Christina Cauterucci—who’s written many a thoughtful and hilarious essay about public figures’ aesthetic choices—turns her attention to Taylor Swift’s unexpected choice of wedding-dress designer.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

I tried to tell the whole thing in my college essay.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Even if you did not like the political observations of some of those magazines, essays, critiques, poetry or whatever was in ther, these are feelings from the people, and they’re protected under the First Amendment.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

We've all been there: putting off certain tasks then being left with essays up to the wire, loads of messages unread and that bedroom sort-out that just never happens.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

One 2025 MIT study went viral for its finding that students using generative AI to write essays displayed less critical thinking capability.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

The first, “My Body,” dropped in 2021 and was a bestselling collection of essays exploring gender, power dynamics, sexuality and the commodification of female beauty in the modeling and entertainment industries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

Once we got to the Cottages, though, the essays took on a new importance.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

In the second cast, Christine Shevchenko fell far short of Ms. Teuscher’s finesse, but she essayed the opening “Preghiera” movement with more of its requisite lilt and shimmer than Ms. Teuscher did.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

That section essayed — at the very least — to disqualify from federal office the Civil War rebels and, prospectively, anyone who tried to do the same thing again.

From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2023

Before the Schubert, Vogt and the Tetzlaffs had essayed the three Brahms trios, as well as two by Dvorak; with Christian alone, there were accounts of sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

Meanwhile, dos Santos — with an army of around 100,000 troops, many with years of jungle combat experience — essayed a role as a regional power broker, starting with neighboring countries.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022

"You got to go, Ralph. You go away now-" He wagged his spear and essayed fierceness.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Two other Scandinavian greats, Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann, couldn’t resist essaying a part that passionately called out to them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

Here, Sinatra is clearly stretching the limits of what was possible for a popular singer—one can’t imagine any of his predecessors or contemporaries essaying a work as long and complex as this.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

The actress was a member of the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic from 1972-75, essaying Lady Macbeth in 1972.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2020

Like all reflective objects though, the act of essaying has a twoness about it.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2020

Therefore, never more will I play the vile pigmy, and by small memorials after death, attempt to reverse the decree of death, by essaying the poor perpetuating of the image of the original.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman