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procession

[pruh-sesh-uhn] / prəˈsɛʃ ən /


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"As a result, the procession cannot go ahead as it was determined."

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The procession last proceeded along Garvaghy Road in 1997 and was barred the following year, soon after a peace accord largely ended three decades of conflict over British rule.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

That’s likely because Asco’s early performances, as the art historian and curator C. Ondine Chavoya points out in the film, emphasized procession, mobility, mobilization and occupation, marking sites of political violence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Later on Sunday the Pope will meet staff and residents at the health facility at Lourdes, before taking part in a torchlight procession in the evening.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Cover of the official program of the National American Woman Suffrage Association procession in Washington, DC, on March 1913.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

“You’d have tens of thousands of people and sheikhs in the streets, all roads closed to cars, processions all over the city, food being served. That’s why they called it ‘The City of Hussein.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

Elaborate costumes, blaring music and vibrant processions took over Nigeria's Lagos Island on Monday as the annual Fanti Carnival hit the streets.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

Based on an island tradition, last celebrated in 1914, it marked the first full moon of February with light, art and torchlit processions.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026

Instead he took to wearing colorful robes while making grand processions to Friday prayers and giving interviews to the foreign press.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

No one really knows how the tradition got started, but different neighborhoods each had their own processions.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana


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