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mourn

[mawrn, mohrn] / mɔrn, moʊrn /


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On Wednesday evening, the Santa Paula rescue center updated its Facebook page to mourn the death of Bruce.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

"There is no need to mourn for me," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Charles and Caroline mourn their part in that displacement; they set out for Kansas with the best of intentions, lured by false advertisements of “free” land that never was.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

The attacks come as Iranians mourn Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the former supreme leader killed at the start of the Iran war.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

No man would mourn the thing that he’d become.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Ghana mourns its tallest man - a 'generous and popular giant'

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

“The noble art of ballyhoo, which had flourished so successfully in the nineteen-twenties, had lost something of its vigor,” he mourns.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Observed on the last Monday of May each year, Memorial Day honors and mourns the military personnel who died both during wartime and times of peace.

From Barron's May 25, 2026

Her melodramatic sorrow at her stilted relationship with Alexis is palpable even as she mourns her daughter’s unwillingness to join her on a wine tasting tour in France . . . when Alexis was seven.

From Salon Feb. 4, 2026

"The only puzzle is what you might have offered for his allegiance. The prince is a sentimental man, and he still mourns his sister Elia and her sweet babe."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Mahalia Jackson died at only 60; at her funeral Belafonte mourned her as “the single most powerful black woman in America.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Graham as one of Israel’s strongest friends in Washington and mourned the loss of a close personal friend.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

Juan Antonio Rodriguez, a 71-year-old colonel in the interior ministry, mourned the loss of one of the last members of Cuba's old guard.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

"We have already lost our mother and sister-in-law who was married to my brother who is here. We have mourned a lot. We don't want to mourn any more," he told the BBC.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

“The fire snake mourned for the loss of his mother, blaming himself,” I say.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

In a statement, the Volta said it had been a "tragic day for cycling" and the race would be held in an "atmosphere of profound mourning".

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

He is mourning the loss of his wife and much of his family in a building collapse.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

For UnitedHealth, where Thompson was a widely liked, affable executive who had risen through the ranks to lead its insurance unit, the loss left colleagues mourning at the same time they felt under attack.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Social media was also awash with tributes to Purja, with many saying that Nepal was in mourning and that the country had lost a "legend" and "many great climbers".

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Already the mourning bands had been sewn around the arms of two gray suits, and now he was on the last.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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