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remembrance

[ri-mem-bruhns] / rɪˈmɛm brəns /




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He attended remembrance events in the UK, including the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey and the Cenotaph Parade.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Year: 2018 Compiled by: Slate Staff Of note: Assigned in remembrance of SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg, who’d died that year at the age of 57.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

But its dominant impression is a dark one that allows for little consolation in the remembrance of war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

In a rare bipartisan resolution, California lawmakers established Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, as California Wildlife Day in remembrance of Jackie, calling the bird “a California icon.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

I couldn’t let him near me—not that night, and not any night for months—without shuddering as that word, my word, ripped its way into remembrance.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

“The Boys of Dungeon Lane” begins with “As You Lie There,” his fond remembrances about a schoolboy crush.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

He was also a personal friend of Jones, and “Seriously Silly,” along with personal stories and remembrances, imparts a lovely sense of Mr. Ross chuckling to himself as he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

He launches a passionate defence of preserving remembrances of the past, even if that past is "problematic" as a way of "ensuring public memory of its injustice".

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

Humber has since discovered a mention in an old newspaper of another baseball game played in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1819, also on militia muster day, which he says lends credence to Ford’s remembrances about Beachville.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

All down the way the sudden revealment, the flash of familiar eyes, the cry of an old, old name, the remembrances of other times, the crowd multiplying.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury




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