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mourn

[mawrn, mohrn] / mɔrn, moʊrn /


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On Wednesday evening, the Santa Paula rescue center updated its Facebook page to mourn the death of Bruce.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

"We came to mourn our martyrs, children, women and the elderly," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

He returned to New York to tie up loose ends and attended synagogue during the fast of Tisha B’Av, when Jews mourn the destruction of the ancient temple in Jerusalem.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Charles and Caroline mourn their part in that displacement; they set out for Kansas with the best of intentions, lured by false advertisements of “free” land that never was.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

“Most of all, we thank you for bringing the family together,” our grandfather picks up, “to mourn and to celebrate those who gave their lives for all of us.”

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

The process Ms. Van Erem mourns is the one that never worked.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

“The noble art of ballyhoo, which had flourished so successfully in the nineteen-twenties, had lost something of its vigor,” he mourns.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

And in “Bliss,” she mourns a relationship that could have been: “What hurts the most /Is we almost had it for a moment.”

From Salon Jun. 5, 2026

Observed on the last Monday of May each year, Memorial Day honors and mourns the military personnel who died both during wartime and times of peace.

From Barron's May 25, 2026

Hideo is the one who gave me a way to even store those memories, who saved me from being thrown into the streets, who mourns his brother and loves his family and creates beautiful things.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Sanctioning body the WBO said it mourned the passing of its former champion.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji was mourned on Tuesday with lowered flags and social media commemorations, ahead of a funeral for the reforming trailblazer who died last week at 97.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Sand’s passing was mourned by artists and writers—many of them friends—around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Graham as one of Israel’s strongest friends in Washington and mourned the loss of a close personal friend.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

When Hermod reached Hela with the gods’ petition, she answered that she would give Balder back if it were proved to her that all everywhere mourned for him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Virtual places of mourning, anonymous social media posts, and online protests seem to be the most strident action many civilians here can afford to take.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

In a realistic 1870s monument for a member of the Piaggio family, a dead man’s widow, shown leaving the door of a tomb, is wearing an elaborate lace shawl and mourning through her sculpted eyelashes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

In the meantime, he’s mourning both teens, whom he described as fun-loving and kind, with a lot of life left to live.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

It added that "as a sign of respect and mourning" the main sponsors of the event had agreed to cancel all activities for the remaining two stages.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

It was as if the whole world were in mourning.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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