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prayer

[prair] / prɛər /


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Police wearing body cameras were deployed in front of the parliament building where the funeral prayers were held.

From Barron's

It is a masterpiece, meant as both a civil-rights era protest and a prayer for peace.

From The Wall Street Journal

We stand by them and our thoughts and prayers are with them.

From BBC

Students lighted candles, offering prayers for peace and safety as they followed alerts and terrified messages from friends.

From The Wall Street Journal

The chorus of this country song that accompanies Muncy to the plate appropriately begins, “Somebody say a prayer for me … ”

From Los Angeles Times