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mourn

[mawrn, mohrn] / mɔrn, moʊrn /


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"But it's essential towards them receiving closure and being able to mourn their loss in their own way."

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

The attacks were "sad and abhorrent", Ramaphosa said, adding that "we in South Africa deeply regret and mourn" the lives lost.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

He returned to New York to tie up loose ends and attended synagogue during the fast of Tisha B’Av, when Jews mourn the destruction of the ancient temple in Jerusalem.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Charles and Caroline mourn their part in that displacement; they set out for Kansas with the best of intentions, lured by false advertisements of “free” land that never was.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

He said we were lucky we didn’t remember how it had been, so we had less to mourn.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

“The noble art of ballyhoo, which had flourished so successfully in the nineteen-twenties, had lost something of its vigor,” he mourns.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Observed on the last Monday of May each year, Memorial Day honors and mourns the military personnel who died both during wartime and times of peace.

From Barron's May 25, 2026

Her melodramatic sorrow at her stilted relationship with Alexis is palpable even as she mourns her daughter’s unwillingness to join her on a wine tasting tour in France . . . when Alexis was seven.

From Salon Feb. 4, 2026

Meanwhile in Tripura, Tarun Chakma mourns his elder son while facing uncertainty over his younger one: Michael, a final-year sociology student, is expected to return to Dehradun to complete his studies.

From BBC Jan. 8, 2026

“He mourns her something terrible. He is still in bed recovering. He’s weak, but he’ll survive. Thank the Lord the boys haven’t taken ill.”

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Graham as one of Israel’s strongest friends in Washington and mourned the loss of a close personal friend.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

Only in retrospect could she see that the permanence she mourned had never been fixed; it was a world her parents had continually worked to hold in place.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Juan Antonio Rodriguez, a 71-year-old colonel in the interior ministry, mourned the loss of one of the last members of Cuba's old guard.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

He will be remembered, mourned and loved by so many.

From BBC May 17, 2026

When Chandra mourned for her brother, we put our arms around each other.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

In a statement, the Volta said it had been a "tragic day for cycling" and the race would be held in an "atmosphere of profound mourning".

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

News of Jackie’s death sent ripples of mourning through her fan base, with thousands taking to social media to express their condolences and praise the avian matriarch.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

For UnitedHealth, where Thompson was a widely liked, affable executive who had risen through the ranks to lead its insurance unit, the loss left colleagues mourning at the same time they felt under attack.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

A period of mourning has been declared in Tatarstan.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

She turned away from the portrait, picked up her mourning cap, and pinned it back on her head.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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