mourner
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Another mourner cited the product’s affordability, lamenting that Minute Maid’s frozen juice concentrates were “a must” for households that relied on WIC/SNAP benefits.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026
Veronica, an elderly Italian mourner, who has lived in Crans-Montana for 40 years, wiped a stream of tears from her cheeks.
From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026
One mourner called KitKat ‘the best city bodega cat anyone could ever ask for. His lil pet requests meant a lot for some of us.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
One mourner wrote: "I had the privilege to teach Chloe. She was such a bubbly, bright and beautiful girl."
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024
The twenty-one-year-old Princess far surpassed the eighteen-year-old mourner.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
He said the mourners "at first did not grasp what was happening".
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
A truck carrying around 200 mourners which had travelled from an area north of Abyei was hit as it arrived in the town of Al-Dabab in West Kordofan, the monitoring group said.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
We sit shiva, a formal seven days of grief in which mourners stay at home, wear torn clothing, cover mirrors, sit on low stools and silently feel their loss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Catholic service, conducted in Armenian, was open-casket, allowing mourners a final chance to say goodbye as they filed by the altar at the conclusion of the ceremony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The students heard the low voices of the mourners growing louder and louder as they approached.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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