rites

Example Sentences

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Today, it’s as though it’s waiting for last rites.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Pilgrims perform most of the hajj's rites outdoors where more than a million devotees gather in stifling conditions, with many attendees succumbing to heatstroke, fainting spells and even cardiac arrest triggered by the heat.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Communities practiced cremation, traditional burials, skull only depositions, and complex multi stage burial rites, sometimes within the same settlements.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Xi accompanied Trump on a tour of Beijing’s 15th-century Temple of Heaven, where China’s Ming and Qing emperors held rites to seek bountiful harvests and other blessings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

It isn’t anywhere close to the spring equinox yet, when rites usually happen, but maybe that’s what Dr.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy