ceremonies
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Swimmers never attend opening ceremonies, Evans retorted when Billy Payne, president and chief executive of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, asked her to run the penultimate leg of the torch relay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
The families of those disappeared during the conflict have responded to the discovery by holding protest meetings and remembrance ceremonies.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Created by an act of Congress and named in honor of President John F. Kennedy, the center’s white-marbled building has hosted plays, concerts, and award ceremonies since 1971.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Memorial ceremonies in New York City, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon commemorate victims of illnesses linked to the terrorist attacks and people who died in 2001.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Don’t think I’m going through all the ceremonies and speeches about being brave and invincible,” said Eilonwy.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
