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pallbearer

[pawl-bair-er] / ˈpɔlˌbɛər ər /


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After Kennedy’s assassination, Whittaker was a pallbearer at the funeral in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

Whittaker caught a flight to L.A. and was at the senator’s hospital bedside when he died and then served as a pallbearer at the funeral.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

Kara-Murza had been a friend of Sen. John McCain and was a pallbearer at his 2018 funeral.

From Seattle Times Apr. 17, 2023

Kara-Murza holds both British and Russian citizenship and was a pallbearer at the funeral of U.S.

From Reuters Apr. 6, 2023

A pallbearer walked over to the funeral man.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

Just under two years later and both Ewie and Frans would be pallbearers at Hansie's funeral following his shock death in a plane crash.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2025

It was lifted by pallbearers and carried into the church.

From New York Times Nov. 20, 2024

Alatorre’s honorary pallbearers draped a United Farm Workers flag over his coffin, and Mariachi Los Rams led the procession out of the cathedral, singing “De Colores.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2024

A grieving O’Connor wept on the steps of the Supreme Court as pallbearers carried Rehnquist’s body to lie in state in the Great Hall of the court.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2023

Only Maniac and the man from the funeral home and the six pallbearers and two men off to the side, smoking cigarettes and leaning on a little hole-digging tractor that made Maniac think of something.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli




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