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remembrance

[ri-mem-bruhns] / rɪˈmɛm brəns /




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"Otherwise it becomes a virtual act of remembrance, or one that exists only in books and photos and films."

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

The Grammy-winning “Flowers” singer and “Hannah Montana” star remembered her “Aunt Dolly” on Wednesday in a remembrance posted to Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

A service of remembrance for them had been due to take place at St James Church in Biddenham on Sunday, but the church said expected turnout was "far beyond what we can safely accommodate".

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

It is, at moments, elegiac in its remembrance of the people whose suffering and resistance gave birth to the citizenship clause.

From Slate Jul. 2, 2026

Now that she was home, she meant to plant them for remembrance.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

Head was nothing like that fiction, demonstrated in the many remembrances that are still circulating in the wake of his death, which follows that of his wife, Sarah Fisher, by a matter of months.

From Salon Jun. 12, 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

“I’m doing this on my own terms, which I’m grateful for,” he said during an hourlong lunch that was heavy on remembrances and void of regrets.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2025

I look at wilted flowers, notes, and stuffed animals that lie on graves and tombstones and feel a brief moment of envy at the remembrances.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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