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requiem

[rek-wee-uhm, ree-kwee-, rey-] / ˈrɛk wi əm, ˈri kwi-, ˈreɪ- /


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This is a tale of suspense that works even better as a requiem for a small boy and the snowy landscape Smilla refuses to forget.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

By the end, this novel has become at once a requiem, a farewell, an old soft-shoe number — and a warning.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

There will also be music by JS Bach and from the requiem by French composer Maurice Durufle.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

The UK's Financial Times published a mournful requiem for the great post-war alliance the other day which ended with these words:

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2025

Faster than the serpent, still trying to flood my mind with its requiem of hopelessness.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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