go down in history
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Mary Todd Lincoln won’t go down in history as one of the most influential or congenial first ladies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
"You know, he wants to go down in history; we all know he has an ego, and, bless him, he's sticking by his guns and he's starting the process."
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
It seemed fundamental to his personality and his desire to go down in history.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026
The co-founder and CEO, Marcos Galperin, who should go down in history as one of great CEOs of the past 20 years, became executive chairman this month.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Yet he was as determined as ever not to go down in history as the first American president to lose a war.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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