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It can also be dangerous to embalm traditions, Burke believed, noting that “a state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Another part of you frantically tries to embalm the memories, fearing the natural deterioration and gnawing terror of time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025

Funeral directors are unable to embalm or treat the deceased in their care until a death is registered.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2025

Before the 90-day waiting period is over, mortuaries are not allowed to embalm or cremate people without authorization from their next of kin, so the cooler is the only way to keep remains preserved.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

It caused Claudia to want to embalm Jamie in a vat of mummy fluid right that minute.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg

But currently in the mortuary, Ms Walton embalms about three to four bodies a day.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023

Zahn, owner of the Tillman Funeral Home & Crematory, embalms and buries people for a living.

From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 24, 2013

The average funeral home embalms about 150 bodies a year, suggesting that many embalmers are not exposed to formaldehyde throughout the day.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2011

Among them is Paccione Funeral Directors in Staten Island, which embalms up to 140 bodies a month.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2011

The nominalization rule takes a perfectly spry verb and embalms it into a lifeless noun by adding a suffix like -ance, -ment, -ation, or -ing.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

And Stalin himself, whose body was initially interred in the same mausoleum that housed the embalmed Vladimir Lenin, was subjected to criticism for some of his evil deeds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

A local undertaker said the embalmed remains of the Iranian sailors were being sent back in sealed boxes.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

A pilgrimage to the oldest concrete road in America detours to meeting a descendant of the undertaker who embalmed Chef Boyardee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

After an eight-day period, Abiyah's body was embalmed, and they buried him in the garden in an 80cm-deep grave.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024

Animals from foreign lands, preserved in formaldehyde or embalmed and stuffed with sawdust.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Instead, it reflects a complex blend of substances used during embalming, along with preserved fabrics and materials wrapped around the body.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 16, 2026

As a result of the alleged substandard embalming, family members say they were forced to witness the “grotesque and undignified condition of their loved one’s remains” and suffered humiliation, grief and horror.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

They grouped the compounds into four main categories connected to specific embalming ingredients.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 16, 2026

Funeral homes charge for embalming, caskets, vaults and funeral services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

With no time for embalming, they brush the dead with formaldehyde from buckets.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez