Example Sentences

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Ms Meloni has commemorated the 1978 killings in the past.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2024

The event has commemorated the harvest season for more than 70 years.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2023

Though the Chinatown community has commemorated Danny’s life every year, his parents have stayed home to watch via livestream in recent years because their sadness is too great, Ms. OuYang said.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2021

The photographer Dawoud Bey has commemorated the attack with his powerful portrait series, The Birmingham Project.

From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2018

His own work, moreover, betrays him, as well as the gratitude of participants, as I could easily prove if it did not perversely happen that he has commemorated most of his impressions in color.

From Picture and Text 1893 by James, Henry