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mourn

[mawrn, mohrn] / mɔrn, moʊrn /


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They nest in colonies where they parent their young for up to five years, care for their elderly and mourn their dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Hong Kong and Macau were once the only places in China where people could publicly mourn Beijing's deadly crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Tammy Wynette had it; just listen to her mourn how “the sun will never shine in Apartment #9” and your ear will catch the throb in her throat that echoes the song’s steel guitar.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Zaneza remembered Karasira for his courage to "speak about memory, injustice, and the right to mourn all victims without fear".

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Part of me wishes I could burn them from my mind, so I would never have to mourn for them.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth




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