vigil

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The New York Times’ Adam Liptak described her role this way in 2019: “Justice Sonia Sotomayor … maintains a sort of vigil in the capital cases other justices treat as routine.”

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

A vigil in her memory will also be held at Derry's Guildhall on Friday evening.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Consuegra was among a group of supporters who held a vigil in Little Havana in Miami on Thursday for the men who were killed and injured.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Hundreds of people showed up for a midweek vigil at St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, where some of the family worships, a few days after Guthrie disappeared.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Desdemona washed out her stockings, lit the vigil lamp in the hallway.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides