ceremonial
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Another band carries the flower procession, ceremonial now but no less insistent.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
The material was used to make ceremonial blankets, giving these dogs a role centered on textile production rather than hunting or transportation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Mourners dressed in black gathered on Sunday in the pavilion of Wat Lat Pla Duk in Nonthaburi province, bordering Bangkok, where the body of the slain schoolgirl, Naphat Chaima, lay for a ceremonial bath.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Two of the late Rob and Michele Reiner’s adult children, Jake and Romy, threw out ceremonial first pitches before Sunday’s game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
After breakfast, Nali drove the two of them to the primary ceremonial site where the N’daa was going to take place.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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The British — as even they, maybe especially they, will tell you — do ceremonials better than anyone else in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
The ceremonials were the same, and we filed into the Council Chamber a little before four in the afternoon.
From Nature ● Dec. 18, 2018
We climbed and explored Acoma and Bandelier, Mesa Verde, went to Indian dances and ceremonials and powwows.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 28, 2016
The pattern of storms and ceremonials, of private emotion and public ritual, was established at the outset.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2010
The King, who was addicted to festivals and ceremonials of all sorts, celebrated the occasion royally, by presenting a new gown to every man on the estate.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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