commemorated

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Patni commemorated Akash with a framed photograph and a life-size cutout, decorated with flowers and surrounded by scattered rose petals and lit lamps.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Over the past 250 years, Americans have commemorated Independence Day with festivals, barbecues, music and fireworks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Soldiers who demonstrated "extraordinary valour" are honoured with outdoor graves and tombstones, while others are commemorated in urns inside the columbarium.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Politicians and organizations that long commemorated Chavez and urged others to follow his ways are releasing statements by the minute.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

No, it turned out that the street instead commemorated Hermann’s father, Heinrich Goering, founding Reichskommissar of the former German colony of South-West Africa, which became Namibia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond