funeral
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Thousands of people from across California and the US travelled to a public funeral prayer here on Thursday, to stand in solidarity with the Muslim community and pray with the families of the victims.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
"The parents are grieving. We are all devastated. All praise be to Allah," he tells the BBC at the funeral prayers, where he is helping with crowd control.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
“Most obituaries are written in haste with the help of a funeral director,” said James R. Hagerty, a longtime obituary writer for the Wall Street Journal.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
The mass outbreak appears to have started at the funeral for a nurse at a hospital in Bunia, in Ituri.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
I believe I have done enough of that for the whole town, what with Daddy’s dying coming so soon after my brother Zeke’s funeral last Christmas.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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