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expressing or suggesting mourning
a slow and heavy funeral song
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Recent Examples of funeral
Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Keep one unified collection containing both physical and digital copies of police reports, funeral receipts, tax documents, and estate paperwork.
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William Jones,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
4 July 2026
The funeral procession in the normally bustling Midan neighborhood carried the coffins of three of the victims.
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ABC News,
3 July 2026
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Noun
Legendary music executive Clive Davis was laid to rest Monday at a private funeral after a service at Central Synagogue in Manhattan celebrating the life of the five-time Grammy Award-winner.
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Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Keep one unified collection containing both physical and digital copies of police reports, funeral receipts, tax documents, and estate paperwork.
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William Jones,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
Adjective
On Monday, a funeral procession will take the body to the city of Qom and then the procession will cross into Iraq where he will be taken to Shia religious sites in the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.
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Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
4 July 2026
The funeral procession in the normally bustling Midan neighborhood carried the coffins of three of the victims.
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ABC News,
3 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funeral
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Cremation and interment services are being handled by Chapel Lawn Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens.
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From the day of death until the interment of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a secretary of an executive or military department, a former vice president or the governor of a state.
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
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The lengthy delay to the funeral has raised questions about how Khamenei's remains have been preserved, as Islamic tradition, anaylsts say, generally calls for prompt burial and discourages chemical embalming.
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According to Jackson’s account, Fong said her father, the village headman, removed large pieces of wreckage from the crash site and organized the burial of McKinney’s body right there.
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The years have only intensified Zimmerman’s mournful, hushed vocal performance, and Dream Me a Dream often plays out like a bedtime story spun by a beloved elder, accompanied by soft strings, shakers, and even a synth or two.
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The drama can stir up nostalgia and mournful emotions, and feels personal to many.
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Eaton wildfire survivors’ anger about Southern California Edison’s burying of electric wires in Altadena boiled over Tuesday with residents calling on government officials to temporarily halt the work.
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According to Purina, a common quirky habit many dog owners notice is food-burying.
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Was, still heartbroken about the loss of his friend and bandmate, recalled their first time on tour.
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Prince Harry was heartbroken after arriving at Eton College in 1998.
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The snow eventually hardens like a concrete entombment.
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City and county governments set local rules covering burials, inurnments, entombments and the upkeep of cemeteries, mausoleums and columbariums, according to state law.
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Sitting opposite an old people’s home in a residential corner of Paris’ 14th arrondissement, La Santé’s unassuming presence is only given away by the occasional wailing siren as prisoners are transported to and from the site.
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