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casket

[kas-kit, kah-skit] / ˈkæs kɪt, ˈkɑ skɪt /


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A group of figures surround an open casket in 1999’s “Family Grief,” their dark garments and mournful poses contrasting with the bright blue shirt of the man resting within.

From The Wall Street Journal

“When I looked at him in the casket, I was like, ‘Wait a second.

From Los Angeles Times

His family says he ended his life as a private citizen whose dying wish—literally from his deathbed—was that Hichilema not even be allowed near his casket.

From The Wall Street Journal

His remains are to stay in a cemetery outside Paris, but officers carried a symbolic casket draped in a French flag into the former church on the capital's left bank under a cascade of applause.

From Barron's

Services were held at Good Shepherd Fellowship and ended with his casket being wheeled out to “Land of 1,000 Dances.”

From Los Angeles Times