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TELLURIDE, Colo. — Standing ovations at film festivals are a rite: part appreciation, part obligation, part a need to stretch your legs after sitting for a couple of hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

College student Zara Hawkins, 17, agrees attending feels like a rite of passage for teenagers in the UK, and she is "really excited" for her first time at Leeds Festival.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The funeral was marked by the ritual sacrifice of two horses as part of the marapu rite, which most inhabitants of Sumba still follow, whether Christian or Muslim.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Dutch travelers have stood, mouths agape, before the treasures at Buc-ee’s gas stations, while German fans embrace the American rite of the 1 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

I tell her about how I was chosen to have my rite of passage early, but that we left before I was able to do it.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

I wondered if ambiguity had been outlawed along with the funeral rites of Antíkona’s warrior brother Polynices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

After days of searching shelters and mortuaries, relatives of some of the missing lost hope and began conducting last rites.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

It made up for missed teenage rites of passage — the senior prom, the homecoming dance, the debutante ball — by doubling down on sentimentality.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Insider detail: Unlike other animated franchises with fixed-time settings, “Toy Story” leaned in to rites of passage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

And these carried with them their native spice and fabric, rites, contagion.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee