memento
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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
And Wawrinka carried a memento of those shorts in his final French Open outing, with a strip of the fabric sewn on to his shirt.
From BBC ● May 25, 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
His so-called “bone temple” is an actualization of his life philosophy, memento mori, which translates from Latin as “Remember you must die.”
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
“Mr. Ship said you should take something to remember Mr. Mosley by. A memento. Canned goods aren’t much of a memento, are they?”
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
Along with some photographs and family videos, they are the remaining mementoes of his life in the house.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024
He found Madame Hoo in their rear fourth-floor apartment kneeling before her bamboo trunk, fingering mementoes from her childhood in China.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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
It’s as heavy as a weight vest, with a zippered pocket in back for the mementos he just traded for and really wants to keep.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 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
On Sunday, thousands of people had gathered outside the charred buildings in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district to lay flowers and leave mementos and messages such as “rest in peace” and “Hong Kong be strong.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
Plus I left some mementos I know you've been eyeballing.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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