procession
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Spencer alleged the then-Prince of Wales subjected him to a "stream of anger" after he insisted Diana would not have wanted the young Princes William and Harry to walk in her funeral procession.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Opera seria in style, the piece has flashes of the mature Mozart, but it is predominantly a procession of display arias written for virtuoso singers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The two brothers' coffins, draped in the Iran-backed group's yellow flag, portraits of them in camouflage fatigues fixed to the front, led the procession through the village battered by repeated conflict over nearly three years.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
But some of the tokens have remained relevant thanks to their affiliations with a procession of celebrities, personalities and politicians who issued them to cash in on their fame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The day was sunny and cool as the mile-long procession headed for the Pettus Bridge.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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Iran has begun several days of public mourning and funeral processions for its former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, more than four months after he was killed in strikes launched by the US and Israel.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
“You’d have tens of thousands of people and sheikhs in the streets, all roads closed to cars, processions all over the city, food being served. That’s why they called it ‘The City of Hussein.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Instead he took to wearing colorful robes while making grand processions to Friday prayers and giving interviews to the foreign press.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Though it stretched for more than two centuries, it’s an era best known for Elizabeth I and Shakespeare, stiff ruffs and courtly processions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
I've lived here twenty years, and I've seen more than my fair share of funeral processions.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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