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wreath

[reeth] / riθ /


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Opposition leaders led by Kalonzo Musyoka, Martha Karua and Eugene Wamalwa joined families of the victims to lay wreath at parliament in honour of those who died during the 2024 demonstations.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

He condemned "indifference" towards migrants and cast a wreath into the sea at the port of Arguineguin to honour the thousands who have died trying to reach the Canaries.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Then they paid their respects at Arlington National Cemetery, where they laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior and a gun salute was fired.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

Charles and Camilla then visited Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, where they laid a wreath and flowers at the hilltop Tomb of the Unknown Soldier honoring America's unidentified war dead.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

“What imaginative pupils you have! Would you like a wreath? We made extra.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Branches were draped with colourful ribbons and ritual wreaths, while bonfires blazed high, ready for the military brotherhood to gather around them.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

When Zhou died in January 1976, hundreds of thousands of mourners poured into Tiananmen Square with wreaths and poems, a spontaneous outpouring that the ailing Mao’s allies saw as a challenge to their authority.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Originally designed to evoke a classic Greek column, the structure's limestone, brick and terra-cotta exterior features ornamentation including lion heads, wreaths, eagles, and faces.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

The high commissioners for New Zealand and Australia, Hamish Cooper and Jay Weatherill, walked in tandem to lay their own wreaths.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

Most of the barrio’s women had put in some time dusting, washing the floors and walls, sprinkling agua florida all over, positioning wreaths, bathing Don Berto and laying him out in his box.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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