cortege
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Hundreds of fans gathered outside the cathedral and applauded as the cortege arrived, preceded by a guard of scooter riders as The Stone Roses track I Wanna Be Adored played on speakers.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
Not respecting a cortege, especially those involving a horses, is also a safety issue, it added.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
"It's happening weekly... someone will cut up a hearse or not let us out at a junction cutting in between the cortege and separating families," Mr Griffiths said.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
Osbourne's widow Sharon and children Aimee, Jack and Kelly visited floral tributes laid at Black Sabbath bridge following his death on 22 July in a cortege that weaved through the streets of his home city.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
When he died in 1844, forty thousand people viewed the coffin, and the funeral cortege stretched for two miles.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing cortege
"The Iliad" by Homer, Book 1
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The Stranger
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