casket
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That music accompanies us from birth to death is underscored by the giant guitar-case-shaped casket, “For a Musician,” produced by Ghanaian artist Paa Joe in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The VC-25A jets have larger doors that allow the planes to carry the casket of a deceased president in the passenger cabin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Video footage showed mourners pushing and shoving each other to get close to the casket as it was carried by hand through the mausoleum's halls.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
When his older brother was killed in Korea and his father put the casket by the Christmas tree …
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
We stand around the empty grave while the casket is lowered into the ground.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
In Tehran, a flatbed truck, decorated with intricate latticework and Arabic Islamic script, carried five caskets, painted in the green, red and white of Iran's flag, including the smallest for Khamenei's 14-month-old granddaughter Zara.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
The firm also owns Batesville, a company that makes caskets and cremation urns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 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
She balked at the idea of a traditional burial, calling caskets and tombstones “a racket.”
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2025
We all talked nervously, not looking at the stack of silver caskets that were being loaded on.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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