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requiem

[rek-wee-uhm, ree-kwee-, rey-] / ˈrɛk wi əm, ˈri kwi-, ˈreɪ- /


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Perhaps that’s why it doesn’t feel like any kind of celebration as much as an otherworldly requiem for a country that no longer exists.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

But Paul’s retirement also stands as a requiem for the position he so thoroughly mastered.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 23, 2025

She made it feel like a requiem warning for us all.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2025

On the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, Tommy photographed a requiem shark, its body arched in a final act of resistance.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2024

“I caved in. The other day, Nina said she’d noticed all of the requiem masses I’d been listening to. She suggested some others. Here’s the hideous thing.”

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson




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