undertaker
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A local undertaker said the embalmed remains of the Iranian sailors were being sent back in sealed boxes.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Doing so was the role of the undertaker, Van Der Zee explains, though the photographer had his own aesthetic duties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
A respected journalist with the demeanor of an undertaker, McGee insisted to management that he ask the first three questions of any hard news subject who appeared on “Today” before Walters could have a chance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025
Her mother died on 24 November 2021, but it was May 2022 before the undertaker said she could collect the ashes.
From BBC • May 24, 2024
They waited until we reached the place where Mr. Turner, the undertaker, had set up a little shade tent.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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