vigil
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Office Depot supply store fired an employee for refusing to serve a customer who had wanted to print flyers for a Kirk vigil.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Around 30 community members gathered for a vigil organized by Brook 10 days after Vela Gonzalez was taken.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Organizing an annual June 4 vigil in memory of the victims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Banners reading "249 articles in 22 days" were brandished at a Monday vigil in central London attended by thousands of people, in which speaker after speaker attacked the media's role in the scandal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“It’s a problem. Javi and I tried to get a Black Lives Matter vigil going last year.”
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
Many Serb nationalists see him as a hero and protector, particularly in the Bosnian Serb entity of Republika Srpska, where his death sparked vigils.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The defendants were leaders of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance, the group that organised annual vigils in the city's Victoria Park.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The defendants all had leadership roles in the organization that ran the vigils, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Movements of China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Catholic sisters are playing a key role among clergy and other religious leaders who have been organizing demonstrations and vigils at ICE field offices and processing centers in places like Chicago, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Most of the time, though, nothing more alarming than insects disturbed my vigils on the Peak.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing vigil
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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"My Wonder Horse," Vocabulary from the short story
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