cortege
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He told the BBC a cortege should be treated like a train on the road and pleaded with drivers to be patient.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
Not respecting a cortege, especially those involving a horses, is also a safety issue, it added.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
"It's just wrong not stopping and letting the whole cortege go so all the family can stay together as a mark of respect," he said.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
Stopping for a cortege is a "tradition" amongst road users, it said, a "moment of dignity and respect for the deceased and their family".
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
When he died in 1844, forty thousand people viewed the coffin, and the funeral cortege stretched for two miles.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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