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Ash Wednesday this year – one of the most somber celebrations in the Catholic calendar, marking the beginning of Lent – saw a flurry of videos posted by Gen Z showing off their ashy foreheads.—Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025 Over the final weekend before Ash Wednesday, the city casts off the darkness of wintertime with open-air parades and street festivities.—Emily Manthei, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2025 In 1961, Swit appeared in the Circle in the Square production of The Balcony and later toured with the national company of Ash Wednesday.—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 The building on New Britain’s Franklin Square was still used for funerals, baptisms, Ash Wednesday services and for meal service for the homeless.—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Ash Wednesday
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