memory
One of the abiding memories of those Olympics was the moment when the men's 4x100 metres relay quartet dropped the baton.
My abiding memory of that first meeting is of a slight, pale, yet exceedingly determined-looking young woman.
My most abiding memory will not be of the joy of the winners, but the sight of the disconsolate faces of the losers.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Memory and memories
associative memory
at/in the back of your mindidiom
clear memory
confabulation
corporate memory
dim
déjà vu
ghost
hauntingly
have a memory like an elephantidiom
learn something by roteidiom
live (on) in the memoryidiom
long memory
memory
recall
recollection
rediscovery
reminiscence
retentive
short-term memory