funeral
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At the funeral service on Wednesday, patriotic songs blaring, the city's deputy mayor Nguyen Manh Cuong said authorities "will not overlook any opportunity or method to continue the journey of searching for the fallen comrades".
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
They were only released a day later - while Dipke has returned home to attend his grandmother's funeral, Das and Ranka held a press conference where they said the protests would continue.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
"You'll be my Tuesday night and my Sunday drive / And the last speech at my funeral," she sings.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“We asked at his funeral: ‘Has anyone here fought with Yoram?’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The family attended his funeral, held in New York City.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
More recently, like most Israelis, I have been to dozens of funerals and shiva houses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Some families have held symbolic cremation funerals for the missing.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
They can prepay for funerals and give gifts, as long as they do so ahead of the look-back period.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
His church does "a lot more funerals than we do weddings and baptisms," he explains.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
There was tragedy in his eyes, but he liked funerals better than weddings.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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