ceremony
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In the run-up to this year's ceremony, Olivia Dean had been the bookmakers' favourite for her second album, The Art of Loving.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The winner will be announced on Thursday after being chosen by senior lawmakers, ahead of an awards ceremony in December.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
On her character’s wedding day, Colman traipses into the church like it’s a prank, then nervously straightens up as she realizes this ceremony is serious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Pop stars Kylie Minogue and Shawn Mendes performed at the ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
It’s possible that Bobby was simply given the gifts on his thirteenth birthday, even though there was no actual coming-of-age Bar Mitzvah ceremony.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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
Swimmers never attend opening ceremonies, Evans retorted when Billy Payne, president and chief executive of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, asked her to run the penultimate leg of the torch relay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Created by an act of Congress and named in honor of President John F. Kennedy, the center’s white-marbled building has hosted plays, concerts, and award ceremonies since 1971.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Memorial ceremonies in New York City, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon commemorate victims of illnesses linked to the terrorist attacks and people who died in 2001.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
He had been a regular for over six months now and as he drove toward Hobie’s at 0710 hours, he knew the ceremonies that had taken place only minutes before.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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