ritual
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Maybe it’s simply the annual ritual of wrestling your air conditioner out of storage.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
In 2025, he apologised after facing backlash for mimicking a ritual sequence from the hit Kannada film Kantara at a film festival event, with critics accusing him of disrespecting its cultural significance.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The now-nightly ritual died down an inning after it started.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
The gleam of a cellphone or a car’s headlights also can throw off the courtship ritual by distracting the bugs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Yet he was as deliberate about setting up his motel room as a military ritual.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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