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
“I had so much metal inside me, I thought I wouldn’t need a burial when I died—the undertaker could just pop me in the recycling bin,” he quips in “Last Rites.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 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
“The situation is really bad. There are no goods, no food or fuel coming through. We’re starting to see items going missing from the shelves,” says Jiries al-Alam, the town undertaker.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024
I attended to all the ghastly formalities, and the urbane undertaker proved that his staff were afflicted—or blessed—with something of his own obsequious suavity.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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