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Her family can still live on her husband’s income as a traffic engineer, and Bigalk earns some money selling homemade wreaths at farmers markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 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

The event was attended by about 100 people, with funeral wreaths of white flowers decorating the area.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

“People associate wreaths with the holiday, and this is a great way of modernizing something that is traditional,” Meghan explains.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025

“Now wait just a minute. I called you people earlier. I want to know why you delivered all these wreaths here while I was out this morning.”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt