crypt
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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
Another is a pungent work of terror about a cursed man who inexplicably perishes in the village’s crypt, forcing the townspeople to investigate by disinterring the bodies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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
Two seconds is all I have to step away from the crypt and kneel, examining the ground as if there might be tracks here.
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
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
There are vaults and crypts beneath the floor of the house, although these are no longer in use.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2024
"Why would you want to go down to the crypts?"
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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