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memorial

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




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Mourners placed flowers and letters on the grass outside the mall in a makeshift memorial on Saturday.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

On a United Nations memorial page to Michael Ryan, external it said he helped the World Food Programme "bring assistance to vulnerable people" in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Ethiopia and Bangladesh.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

She made the video montage of my mom for her memorial, which was extra difficult because a family member had all sorts of unreasonable demands.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Yet while there are monuments in the nation’s capital for Washington and Jefferson, there is no memorial to the Adamses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Werfel assumed Spurge would be interested in seeing what the goblins thought about the recent wars against the elves, so the two went to a memorial up on the battlements of Tenebrion.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Frain, who has campaigned for this day for nearly five years, said he feels recognition and memorials for terror victims "often go under the radar".

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

But some residents say the giant statue is not the best way to represent the Catholic faith, in a country already peppered with religious monuments, including numerous memorials to Polish pope John Paul II.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Odd Arne Westad begins “The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings From History” with a poignant and haunting visit to World War I memorials and cemeteries in France.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Chávez famously said that he never wanted to have memorials in his name, telling a friend, “Statues are for pigeons to s— on. If you want to remember me, organize.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

Confederate monuments, memorials, and imagery proliferated throughout the South during the Civil Rights Era.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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