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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

With the club's relegation, it was composed as a requiem, Alexander confirms.

From BBC Oct. 4, 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

At St. Maria Goretti, once steeped in the ethos of Vatican II, many parishioners saw the changes as a requiem.

From Seattle Times Apr. 30, 2024

Members of a local secondary school marching band, wearing rented tuxedoes and vintage top hats, practised a piece of the Mozart requiem, and children were given bouquets of flowers to carry.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick




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