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casket

[kas-kit, kah-skit] / ˈkæs kɪt, ˈkɑ skɪt /


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The group then reconvened at the Glendale cemetery, where a priest said prayers over the casket, which was gently lowered into the ground as teary-eyed friends and family members watched.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

His body was returned to Serbia on a government plane on Thursday, with his casket draped in flags and received with military honours.

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

When he went to see his friend, Bush told Banyard the deceased "didn't look good", so the lid of the casket was kept down.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

On Wednesday, Khamenei’s casket will be transported to Najaf and Karbala in Iraq, where Iran supports numerous armed groups, and where many among the Shia majority population regard Khamenei as a religious authority.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

As some men sprinkled dirt over Grandma Caye’s casket, I looked up at my mom, who had tears on her cheeks.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

The firm also owns Batesville, a company that makes caskets and cremation urns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Hughes himself lay in one of the caskets to experience it.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

Indian authorities said an inscription on one of the caskets unearthed with the treasure confirmed the contents -- which include bone fragments -- as "relics of the Buddha".

From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026

The point of opening the caskets of our forgotten history is to foster the self-understanding necessary to empower the work of creating a future that upholds the democratic creed that “all men are created equal.”

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2024

Aluminum shipping caskets containing bodies are stacked outside the US Army Mortuary facility at Tan Sun Nhut Airbase near Saigon, 1969.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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