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attend

[uh-tend] / əˈtɛnd /






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All of their loved ones' killers did not attend their sentencing hearings.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The law, which took effect in 2012, allowed a limited number of children with fall birthdays to attend a full year of school before kindergarten, called transitional kindergarten.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Congo has capped the number of people who can attend burials at 20.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

At PSPP's request, Quebec Lieutenant Governor Manon Jeannotte did not attend the ceremony but watched from her office and formally confirmed provincial cabinet appointments, as required by Canadian law.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

A woman poured ashes into a mortar and pounded them as she called the names of Vatete's relatives who lived too far away to attend the funeral.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

His son Marshall has followed in his father’s football footsteps and attends Baylor School in Chattanooga, where he plays quarterback.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

This is all incredibly normal, accepted behaviour which anyone who attends a concert regularly already understands.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Her book also attends to the logistics of end-of-life care while addressing the singularity of human life, community and death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Linton’s older sister lives in Philadelphia and her niece attends college in Hawaii, so that would have been impossible, Blacknell said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Years after the war Moxley Sorrel attends a play, notices something vaguely familiar about one of the actors, recognizes Harrison.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

The daughter of an Indian immigrant mother and a white American father, she graduated from Flintridge Prep and attended University of Southern California on scholarship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

But that was not enough to convince Iris Yang, who attended a free preview screening of the film on Thursday for acquaintances of the production team and industry workers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

On that day, Trump attended a midterms campaign rally in Dalton, Georgia and a fundraiser at his property in Mar-a-Lago in Florida.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

She and her husband had always aimed for their son to enroll in kindergarten, after he earlier attended preschool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

An American embassy official brought the envelope to a diplomatic gathering, the kind of party Penkovsky usually attended.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Colombian deputy environment minister David Olarte Amaya, who is attending the summit, said the concerns about his country were exaggerated.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Researchers then looked specifically at how much of the improvement came from attending TK.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

He noted that his children were attending school in the area and that he and Ashley had established a life there.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

During various press stops, Oppenheim and Fielder have said they first started discussing Holmes after attending a magic show where she was mentioned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

A two–three-year-long study concluded that children attending a musical play school exhibited significant differences in auditory discrimination and attention compared to children not involved in music.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin


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