immortalize

"For a melanocyte to transform into cancer, one of the biggest hurdles is to immortalize itself. Once it can do that, it's well on its way to cancer."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026

The pharaohs of ancient Egypt built pyramids in the Valley of Kings to immortalize themselves.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025

Preparations were already being made at the Coliseum to retire his number and immortalize his No. 5 jersey in the stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024

She was 8 when the family moved to the riverside farm Aldo Leopold would immortalize in “A Sand County Almanac.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024

But I gotta immortalize this dreamy look on his face.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

At Notre Dame: The movie “Rudy” immortalizes a real-life 1975 Notre Dame-Georgia Tech game in which a walk-on football player and a teammate sacked the opposing quarterback, helping the Fighting Irish win 24-3.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

Diltz captures the mischief in Young, immortalizes him as an agent of chaos, the kind of guy who might show up one day with a bush baby on his shoulder.

From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

The main character in “Peking Duck” is a writer who immortalizes some memories of her immigrant mother’s lived experiences in her fiction but assures her mom that the characters aren’t her.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2022

She also does the character— and Carrie Fisher, who immortalizes Leia as an adult— proud.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2022

The graffiti on the walls was marked by Deckers and their friends, sometimes the last piece of themselves the Deckers have left behind, something that immortalizes them.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

In contrast, Hal Jordan’s Green Lantern was immortalized on the big screen in 2011 by way of a laughable debacle that’s considered one of the worst career decisions Ryan Reynolds ever made.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

It was immortalized by the composer Johann Strauss II as “The Blue Danube,” but the views from today’s cruise-ship windows are heavy on the grey-brown hues of dried-up riverbeds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Charles and Caroline are a handsome couple, with Pa hewn in the rugged spirit immortalized by Michael Landon in the 1970s TV classic.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

The astronauts -- who immortalized the famous "Earthrise" photograph taken from lunar orbit -- were credited with having "saved 1968."

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

So with computers on the way and honor codes being drawn up, I’m going to kick off our diary with a special visit from two people who have been immortalized in Anne Frank’s diary.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

As De Palma’s masterpiece reminds us, love can be just as immortalizing as film.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

Although a passionate reader, he was a terrible speller, immortalizing “tea” as “tae” in a 1961 painting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Movie legend Tom Cruise and the player's pop star-turned-fashion designer wife Victoria Beckham will be at the ceremony on June 12 to unveil the plaque immortalizing the British midfielder on Hollywood's most famous thoroughfare.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

In immortalizing it in stone forever, there was an acceptance that once she stepped into this new role, there was no going back to what was.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024

Haas, an archaeologist at the Field Museum of Natural History, in Chicago, had plucked the fabric from the earth minutes before, two graduate students immortalizing the operation with digital cameras.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann