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mourn

[mawrn, mohrn] / mɔrn, moʊrn /


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Community members are expected to gather Thursday evening to mourn a Benjamin Franklin High School student who fell to his death Wednesday at the campus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The lesson of the Holocaust wasn’t simply to mourn the dead, it was to recognize the warning signs and refuse to become indifferent to them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

"My thoughts are with all of George's family and loved ones as we mourn his passing."

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

“Today, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, & infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetrated ignorantly in the name of my faith,” El-Sayed posted on Sept. 11, 2021, 20 years after the attack.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

To mourn is to be eaten alive with homesickness for the person.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

“The defense recognizes and mourns the loss of a young life,” she said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

"To the loved ones of those lost, and to their fellow crew members - some who are still battling the flames – know that the State of Colorado mourns alongside you," the governor added.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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

The Yellow City mourns its noble son Yurkhaz zo Yunzak, who perished cruelly whilst a guest of Meereen.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Melissa Barrera and David Arquette, who starred alongside Panettiere in the “Scream” franchise, mourned their co-star on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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

On the day of the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, Faruqi had offered condolences to those who mourned for the queen in a social media post.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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

She had lost Cat once, and mourned her.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The goal of mourning is to make that phrase true: The memory of the dead actually improves our physical lives and our moral selves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The mourning is also a form of group therapy, allowing those who never knew the deceased personally to hear about their legacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning after a military aircraft crashed in southern Ondo State, killing 32 people.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

As federal investigators try to determine the cause of the crash, island residents are mourning the dead and confronting the trade-offs of life so isolated from the rest of Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

For a moment, she stood near the spot where she, too, would soon be buried, as if offering a mourning prayer to herself.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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