ceremony
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Local officials hope a groundbreaking ceremony will take place next year and that about 600 jobs will be created by the project, which is still in the permitting stages.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
After arriving at the hospital an hour before her ceremony, Sinèad was able to show her dress to Leslie and be with him to share their father-daughter dance.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
And so, after a quick chat with the nurses, she organised to visit the next day - just before the ceremony - along with her mum and wedding photographer Jen.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
At the building’s ribbon-cutting ceremony last fall, Jamie Dimon said he told his board that it would cost $4 billion to build the structure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Pretending that a book he used to keep his accounts was a prayer book, the innkeeper sang a couple of psalms and finished the ceremony.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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During wedding ceremonies, women get wide metal collars clamped around their necks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Some may have been deposited as offerings during funerary ceremonies, while others appear to have been discarded as waste.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Among them are garments created for Olympic opening ceremonies.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Nor have they included details about contracts LA28 signed with companies providing such services as security and preproduction work for the opening and closing ceremonies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
When the ceremonies were over, Sadako led the others straight to the old lady who sold cotton candy.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
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