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pallbearer

[pawl-bair-er] / ˈpɔlˌbɛər ər /


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After Kennedy’s assassination, Whittaker was a pallbearer at the funeral in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

After giving a statement to the deputies that morning, Pope arrived at his sister’s funeral, where he was supposed to be a pallbearer, just as everyone was leaving.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2025

State media puts out a continuous stream of reports showing the diminutive dictator lavishing gifts on temples, and as a pallbearer at the funerals of senior abbots.

From BBC Jan. 23, 2024

Kara-Murza had been a friend of Sen. John McCain and was a pallbearer at his 2018 funeral.

From Seattle Times Apr. 17, 2023

A pallbearer walked over to the funeral man.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

Just under two years later and both Ewie and Frans would be pallbearers at Hansie's funeral following his shock death in a plane crash.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2025

It was lifted by pallbearers and carried into the church.

From New York Times Nov. 20, 2024

At the front of the cathedral, pallbearers placed the casket next to a large photo of a smiling Valenzuela.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2024

Alatorre’s honorary pallbearers draped a United Farm Workers flag over his coffin, and Mariachi Los Rams led the procession out of the cathedral, singing “De Colores.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2024

At last the pallbearers brought the casket outside for the funeral photograph.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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