rite
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Before he was found, Dawa Sherpa's wife told AFP that she had offered last rite prayers for his sould.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
His wife had even begun to offer last rite prayers for his soul, she told AFP at the hospital in the capital Kathmandu, where he is recovering from "some frostbite" but is conscious.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Meeting the pope has become a rite of passage for a new generation of tech leaders, including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Cohere’s Aidan Gomez and top officials from OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
The same goes for the twins, who see their revenge as a spiritual rite.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
I want to go back to werk in the bakery and not rite progris progress reports any more.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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