cremate
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Besides the failure to cremate bodies placed in his care, it became apparent there were "much wider aspects" of Bush's offending, said Tams.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Families of victims of a disgraced funeral boss who failed to bury or cremate people say they feel "really, really let down" and no sentence "could ever be enough".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Former undertaker Robert Bush has admitted 67 offences, including failing to bury and cremate people.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Wellman, owner of Sorrento Valley Pet Cemetery, stepped in to offer to cremate the remaining bodies, and says Angel Paws’ operation was “disorganized and unprofessional.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
Dying in the year 700, Dosho ordered his disciples to cremate his body at Kurihara, and, two years later, the Dowager Empress Jito willed that her corpse should be similarly disposed of.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
Not to worry, he said, promising to put his new cremates to work: “We’ll catch up next weekend.”
From Washington Post ● May 31, 2020
It’s July 29, 1981, when Patrick cremates his mother—the day, as it happens, that Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2018
Nowadays, if you die in Pierce County and you fall into two categories - both indigent and unclaimed - the county cremates your body and disposes of your remains.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 3, 2016
The administrator’s office cremates unidentified migrants instead of burying them — a switch that saves the county roughly $860 a person, said Rosie Blankenship, assistant public administrator for Imperial County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2016
A woman always embalms the corpse of a dead love; a man wisely cremates it, and plants a new love in the ashes.
From A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl by Helen Rowland
She was home alone and needed help lifting her beloved pet’s body into her car so she could take it to be cremated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
In Chitwan district, mourning relatives cremated some of the dead.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
When the school finishes using them, the cadavers are often cremated and remains returned to their families, or buried in the university's medical cemetery, according to the indictment.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Authorities were tipped off to the crimes after one of the dog owners told authorities that they received a message from the trainer saying their dog had died in its sleep and was cremated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
“I told her there wouldn’t be an open casket. Your dad was cremated, not like the kind of family services you’ve been to.”
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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And when we’re dealing with a liminal state of pregnancy and loss, everything gets more complicated because you’re not burying or cremating a fully grown human.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2024
The family has also said Mexican authorities and funeral home representatives have repeatedly suggested cremating Blair’s remains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Officials also recommended sealing corpses in impermeable bags and cremating them within 24 hours.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
The steady shift from burying bodies to cremating them has been accelerated by the pandemic, according to funeral directors and industry surveys.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2021
The charring has taken place in cremating the dead, in the burning of offerings or through accidental subjection to heat.
From Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pages 3-46 by William Henry Holmes
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