memento

Turning from one set of images to the other makes for a haunting memento mori—and also serves as an elegant and affecting segue to Ms. Emin’s recent paintings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

A couple, out for a stroll, asked an AFP journalist to take a photo of them, a memento of a nice date back on their island home.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

An hour passes, but we’re all determined to take a piece of this day home — more than a memento, but proof that we were a part of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

At the end of her visit, she was gifted a Wakefield Trinity shirt as a memento.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026

“I don’t need a memento because I’m not going to forget him.”

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

And now, all of these years later, you feel ostracized from your remaining family and, more than that, you were left with a few mementoes of those formative years and no inheritance.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

She is moved by the sight of the mementoes left by other pilgrims at the foot of the cross and adds Tom and Lizzie’s things to the pile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

It may keep mementoes of successes, souvenirs that mark important events, treasured valuable items and things that may seem mundane and trivial to some but give meaning to others.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025

Earlier this month, Yarnell held a memorial run and opened a commemorative exhibit of paintings, photographs, poetry and mementoes salvaged from the fire.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

She kept her mementoes in there—toys she used to play with, blankets she used to love, odd-looking rocks, pressed flowers, leather-bound journals densely scrawled with her thoughts and questions and pictures and sketches.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

Biles has also filled the home with more personal touches, particularly inside her private office, where she has begun displaying mementos from her decorated gymnastics career.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Cárdenas, who became a U.S. citizen in 1963, had his house, life savings and many priceless mementos from his broadcasting career seized.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

Mel has a box full of letters, cards and other mementos from her time with the man she married in 2024.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

Pooh Corner has been a gift shop and tea room close to Pooh Sticks Bridge in Hartfield since 1978 and is filled with mementos.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025

It had originally been a port-red color—and by lamplight, at least, still was—but it now featured a number of rather pancreas-shaped faded spots, unsentimental mementos, all, of a series of household pets.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger