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crypt

[kript] / krɪpt /


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“I had the Crypt Keeper mounted to the front of the camera dolly and pulled him through the crypt so he’d appear as if he was dancing along with everybody else.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

For safe-keeping, the flag is displayed in very low light, giving the chamber a sacred feel, like a cathedral crypt.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Inside the memorial is a crypt containing the remains of more than 1,000 other soldiers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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

It was not Rebecca who was lying in that coffin in the crypt, it was dust.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Brontë was fascinated by silent crypts and tormenting passions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

All the mummified remains in the various crypts, apart from the Crusader are of people who died between 400 and 450 years ago, according to the Church.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025

Conventional adenomas were thought to develop from mutations in the normal stem cells that lie at the bottoms of intestinal crypts, pit-like structures in the lining of the intestine.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 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

If the crypts weren't silent, I doubt I'd have noticed, the sounds are so quiet.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir


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