See observe on Wiktionary
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"text": "Some 1 billion people around the world will do something to observe the anniversary of the first Earth Day in 1970."
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"text": "At a tent city on the outskirts of Islamabad in Pakistan, families observed the end of Ramadan by donating gifts to the earthquake survivors."
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