mourners

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Before processing to the cemetery, the priest asked the mourners to believe that the girls -- whose names translate to "faith" and "love" -- were now in a better place and with God.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

AFP photographs showed mourners carrying Haddad's body, wrapped in a Hamas flag, on a stretcher from the ruins of a building.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

In tears as they walked through the village of Baysariyeh, the mourners gathered to remember Khalil, the ninth journalist killed in Lebanon this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

U2, Andrea Corr and Daniel O'Donnell were among the mourners at the funeral of Irish music star Moya Brennan, who was described as the "first lady of Celtic music".

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Mama’s flower arrangements tumbled into the mourners or crashed to the floor as people tried to get out of the way of the moving casket.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles