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memorial

[muh-mawr-ee-uhl, -mohr-] / məˈmɔr i əl, -ˈmoʊr- /




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A voice-over described the memorial as a “monument breathing eternal vitality” into Russia-North Korea relations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

When the Mayor mentioned Griffin again a few days later, it was to thank him for funding a 9/11 memorial.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

See what remains today: In Valentine, Ariz., the Truxton Canyon Training School, where Indigenous children were forcibly sent for assimilation beginning in 1903, still stands near the highway, marked by a small, impermanent memorial.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The memorial itself holds a "tiered system of commemoration", says Korean research company SI Analytics.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

They had to work out details like the specific placement of the memorial, the exact length needed to fit everyone’s names, and the thickness of the granite.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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