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procession

[pruh-sesh-uhn] / prəˈsɛʃ ən /


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The protest was led by parents of the 43 teacher trainees from Ayotzinapa, who led the procession to the capital's main square, where the government palace is located.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

A procession then took place, with Haakon, his sister Princess Märtha Louise and his children Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus, following the late king's coffin on foot.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

He had his straw hat across his chest like folks do when a Confederate veteran’s funeral procession passes on its way to the graveyard.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

“Soldiers marching in formation and funeral processions were picture-perfect for the technological limitations of the medium.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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

Based on an island tradition, last celebrated in 1914, it marked the first full moon of February with light, art and torchlit processions.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 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

The songs, the processions, the banners, the hiking, the drilling with dummy rifles, the yelling of slogans, the worship of Big Brother—it was all a sort of glorious game to them.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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