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They were commemorating Ashura, Shia Islam’s most sacred ritual, showcased annually with great fanfare in Iran as a testament to the Shiite theocracy’s power and strength.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2023

In Selma, Alabama, a seminal site in the civil rights movement, residents were commemorating King as they recover from a deadly storm system that moved across the South last week.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2023

Sure, fans were commemorating the late country star, who died from complications of COVID-19, by spinning his early-’90s honky-tonk classic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2020

At the Feb. 8 protest Chan documented, some were commemorating a student’s death following a police operation, while others were protesting government plans to establish quarantine facilities for coronavirus patients in their neighborhood.

From Washington Post • Feb. 29, 2020

It would appear that he duly estimated the importance of the event they were commemorating, yet was not of a habit of mind that overestimated anything.

From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield