ceremonial
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While he did throw out a ceremonial first pitch before a Brewers-Pittsburgh Pirates game in 2014, Tyson just might not be all that into baseball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
But again no such ceremonial moment with all present took place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
For many families, those hushpuppies were the ceremonial beginning of vacation.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Company officials celebrated the ceremonial start of trading at twin ceremonies at the Nasdaq headquarters in New York City and from the Texas headquarters.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
We Navajos did the Yet it Bicheii, our ceremonial dance that honors the Holy People and brings them into our midst.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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In 1927, the year architect Lloyd Wright designed a pyramidal modern shell for the Bowl, Native Americans held intertribal ceremonials in the venue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
After a brief interlude for some Black Rod ceremonials, Lindsay Hoyle allowed himself to be re-elected as Speaker.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2019
The ceremonials were the same, and we filed into the Council Chamber a little before four in the afternoon.
From Nature ● Dec. 18, 2018
We climbed and explored Acoma and Bandelier, Mesa Verde, went to Indian dances and ceremonials and powwows.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 28, 2016
Helene chatters about how thrilling it will be to put on our ceremonials.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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