casket
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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
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
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
Women carry the casket of Razieh Zamani, a 34-year-old teacher at the Shajareh Tayyebeh school, toward the Minab cemetery.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
The casket was placed in the hall, and the public was allowed into the cottage to view Garfield's body.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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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
When Old Glory was planted on the moon in 1969, it had already draped the caskets of tens of thousands of soldiers who died in Vietnam.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 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
How the workers jumbled everything they found into five caskets and carted them off the island.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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