funeral
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It never healed, and Capra even skipped Riskin’s funeral.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
And so there was one extra thing to get straightened out this week: planning for his funeral, which was to be held the following weekend.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
No group has yet claimed it was behind Friday's attack by gunmen on a funeral at St George's Greek Orthodox Church in the village of Hmoud, which is in Karak governorate.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Vietnam held funeral rites for more than 700 of its war dead on Wednesday, unearthed in a major push to identify those missing from decades of conflict with France and the United States.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
We, the attendees of this funeral, are not the loved ones.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
On Saturday, preparations were underway for the victims' funerals the following day and church officials had dug a mass grave, which will become a memorial.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 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
But the judge demanded to know the postcodes where Bush had conducted funerals and explored whether jurors could be brought in by coach from outlying areas.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Until the early 1990s, the police kept a close eye on such funerals for fear of human sacrifices, according to the American anthropologist Janet Hoskins.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
They come back a few times each year for weddings, funerals, powwows, and other family gatherings.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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