The battle was immortalized in a famous poem.
The explorers were immortalized when the mountains were named after them.
Recent Examples on the WebThe trauma of the day was immortalized in live reports that were widely broadcast on local and national news, and the police response to the shooting led to the development of new policies to handle such incidents.—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2024 Her tragic life, which included spending the last decades of her life in an asylum, has been immortalized on film by Isabelle Adjani opposite Gerard Depardieu in 1988’s Camille Claudel, and again by Juliette Binoche in 2013’s Camille Claudel 1915.—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024 The iconic segment — which totaled over $7 million — was a one-time classic TV moment, but the internet has immortalized her excitement to store in its archive of reaction images.—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024 He’s nearly immortalized for winning the 2022 World Cup.—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024 Webber was immortalized among the game’s all-time greats when he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021.—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024 For Honda, a chance encounter with racing stars such as Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart from the UK at the Fuji International Speedway in 1966 inspired a lifetime dedicated to immortalizing the people, culture and developments of the global motorsports industry.—Emiko Jozuka For Cnn, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024 His legacy is immortalized here in San Diego by ‘Santa Fe Depot,’ a site-specific installation commissioned by MCASD.—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024 The shot immortalized the shirt in TV costume history and jumpstarted Firth’s reputation as a British heartthrob.—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
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