cortege
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It led a cortege of numerous other lorries, as people lined the streets to pay their respects.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
Not respecting a cortege, especially those involving a horses, is also a safety issue, it added.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
Osbourne's widow Sharon and children Aimee, Jack and Kelly visited floral tributes laid at Black Sabbath bridge following his death on 22 July in a cortege that weaved through the streets of his home city.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025
There will then be a private removal on Saturday morning, with the funeral cortege arriving at the chapel for a funeral Mass beginning at 12:00.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025
When he died in 1844, forty thousand people viewed the coffin, and the funeral cortege stretched for two miles.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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