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

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

"I never thought that it would happen here," said Colaina Hall, who drove two hours south from Fort St John to attend the vigil.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has attended a vigil in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, where hundreds gathered to mourn the eight victims killed in a mass shooting there this week.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Once the gate was opened, others flooded in and began battening down for the thirty-six-hour vigil.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger