ritual
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In 2025, he apologised after facing backlash for mimicking a ritual sequence from the hit Kannada film Kantara at a film festival event, with critics accusing him of disrespecting its cultural significance.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The now-nightly ritual died down an inning after it started.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
It’s a grisly, funny ritual in which they reveal the self-disgust that their menial jobs have inculcated in them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Now they had to engage in the morbid ritual of waiting for that dream to die.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
A pre-shaving ritual had already been put into effect.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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