requiem
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Perhaps that’s why it doesn’t feel like any kind of celebration as much as an otherworldly requiem for a country that no longer exists.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
But Paul’s retirement also stands as a requiem for the position he so thoroughly mastered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
When Benedict died in late 2022, Francis joined tens of thousands of Roman Catholic faithful in bidding farewell at a rare requiem Mass for a dead pope presided over by a living one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025
On the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, Tommy photographed a requiem shark, its body arched in a final act of resistance.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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
Vocabulary lists containing requiem
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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