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crypt

[kript] / krɪpt /


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Give me lighting that makes it possible for me to take a Zoom call without looking like I’ve been buried alive in a dark crypt.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

When the structure is completed and the scaffolding dismantled, the tower will be blessed on June 10 to coincide with the centenary of the death of Gaudi, whose body lies in the basilica's crypt.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

"Over time, more and more areas with an older epigenetic profile develop in the tissue. Through the natural process of crypt division, these regions continuously enlarge and can continue to grow over many years."

From Science Daily Jan. 10, 2026

More than nine months after the attack last June, the crypt remains out of bounds to visitors and tourists.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2025

Helene peers at my blurred tracks, following them, somehow, to the crypt where I stowed my pack, to the skulls piled there.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Brontë was fascinated by silent crypts and tormenting passions.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

The gut is made up of tiny structures called crypts, each formed from a single stem cell.

From Science Daily Jan. 10, 2026

Truly, baseball crypts are filled with the dead arms of pitchers who were asked to compete in the postseason outside of their comfort zone.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2024

The preserved corpses were unintentionally mummified when they were buried in crypts in a dry, mineral-rich soil environment in the mining state of Guanajuato.

From Seattle Times May 27, 2024

"All of us have dreams that come true sometimes. You dreamed of your lord father in the crypts before we knew he was dead, remember?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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