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remembrance

[ri-mem-bruhns] / rɪˈmɛm brəns /




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“They felt ashamed at what they learned, channeling their emotions into a powerful remembrance movement,” writes Jeffrey Katz, the child of German-born Holocaust survivors, in “Unsettled Ground: Reflections on Germany’s Attempts to Make Amends.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

It is, at moments, elegiac in its remembrance of the people whose suffering and resistance gave birth to the citizenship clause.

From Slate Jul. 2, 2026

About 200 people wore red while taking part in a 5,000km run held in remembrance of Arsenal football fan Henry Nowak, the event's organiser said.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

To Cohen’s mind, establishing an annual day of remembrance for The Beatles made perfect sense.

From Salon Jun. 4, 2026

They drew their breath through their teeth and for the moment hurried secretly on, storing the majestic vision of terror in the chambers of remembrance.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Head was nothing like that fiction, demonstrated in the many remembrances that are still circulating in the wake of his death, which follows that of his wife, Sarah Fisher, by a matter of months.

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

“The Boys of Dungeon Lane” begins with “As You Lie There,” his fond remembrances about a schoolboy crush.

From Salon May 12, 2026

He was also a personal friend of Jones, and “Seriously Silly,” along with personal stories and remembrances, imparts a lovely sense of Mr. Ross chuckling to himself as he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 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

The men swapped stories of their lives and remembrances of battles won and lost.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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