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coffin

[kaw-fin, kof-in] / ˈkɔ fɪn, ˈkɒf ɪn /


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A day or two before Princess Diana’s funeral, Spencer visited the Chapel Royal, where her coffin was placed for private viewing before the service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The London audience had just been treated to a Traitors-themed musical performance in his honour, which included fellow cast member Paloma Faith emerging from a coffin, when he was given the surprise award.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Three men removed the deceased from a body bag, which they tossed aside, before returning the corpse to the coffin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

He nailed several boards together to create a makeshift coffin for the limb.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

“If this horse keeps working, his coffin bone will rotate until it punctures his sole, and then you’ll lose him,” I say unequivocally.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

The two brothers' coffins, draped in the Iran-backed group's yellow flag, portraits of them in camouflage fatigues fixed to the front, led the procession through the village battered by repeated conflict over nearly three years.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

The earliest burials were generally spaced apart from one another, and the bodies were placed inside coffins.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

Tributes on Chinese social media revived Zhu’s most quotable lines, including his vow that he had prepared “100 coffins, 99 for corrupt officials and one for myself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Women leaned from apartment windows, filming the march on their phones, while others scattered rice and rose petals over the men carrying the coffins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Into two of these I went, but saw nothing except fragments of old coffins and piles of dust; in the third, however, I made a discovery.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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