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remembrance

[ri-mem-bruhns] / rɪˈmɛm brəns /




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White lilies are said to represent peace and are a traditional choice for acts of remembrance in the UK, says botanist James Wong of BBC Gardeners' Question Time.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Earlier this year, Rice met fellow D-Day veteran Ronald Hendrey, from Clacton-on-Sea in Essex for the first time to share memories of the Normandy invasion - one of his last acts of remembrance.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

It was an epic remembrance, with feelings complicated by the fact that Mastodon was estranged from Hinds at the time of his death at 51 from a motorcycle crash in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Year: 2018 Compiled by: Slate Staff Of note: Assigned in remembrance of SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg, who’d died that year at the age of 57.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

As we entered this city, our minds were filled with the remembrance of the events that had been transacted there more than a century and a half before.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

The worldwide exclusive is here for you to enjoy, and it’s hardly the milk-and-cookies remembrances of some CEO memoirs past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

My remembrances of Dave Marsh aren’t special or unique, and I’ve left out so much.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Savannah also shared a photo on Instagram of yellow flowers from the growing memorial with remembrances by neighbors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

He launches a passionate defence of preserving remembrances of the past, even if that past is "problematic" as a way of "ensuring public memory of its injustice".

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

In a letter to Professor Asa Gray on January 28,1876, he wrote: Pray give our very kind remembrances to Mrs. Gray.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman


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