last rites
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Who looks at those Saturday losses and performs last rites upon the Bulldogs and Irish?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
After days of searching shelters and mortuaries, relatives of some of the missing lost hope and began conducting last rites.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Today, it’s as though it’s waiting for last rites.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
Shawn Charlwood, chairman of the British Dental Association's general dental practice committee, said the report "reads like the last rites for NHS dentistry" and that "patients and this profession deserve some honesty here".
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2023
Pariah kites dropped into nearby trees, to supervise the supervision of the last rites of the dead elephant.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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