pallbearer
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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
Hannah said one of the rooms they used was where a pallbearer would "lower the coffins down before they would be cremated... obviously they don’t use it any more".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
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
And greatest is Rostam—a warhorse to Neptune, a pallbearer of the Nazarene.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
It was lifted by pallbearers and carried into the church.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
The couple watched as Valenzuela’s family made their way inside the cathedral, followed by the pallbearers who helped move the pitcher’s casket adorned with white roses inside the building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024
Ten Hag and other Twente players were pallbearers at Scharmin's funeral and the United manager has a day of mourning on 7 June every year.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 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
After the pastor finally finished talking, the pallbearers lowered the wooden coffin with my gran in it into the huge rectangle in the ground.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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