ritual
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Among those helping prepare victims for burial was Kazem Pourzahedian, a fabric merchant in Minab who for 10 years has volunteered at a local mortuary to perform the ritual washing of the dead.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
This ritual lasted an entire night and involved burning small figures made of wax and clay while an exorcist recited specific incantations.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner has always been a strange ritual, a night when journalists and politicians gather to roast one another and briefly suspend the usual rules of engagement.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
It is a ritual that is at once deeply absurd and deadly serious.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Along with this solar calendar, there was a ritual calendar that had 20 weeks, each of 13 days.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing ritual
A Long Walk to Water
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