crypt
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The bronze crypt plate mounted at the mausoleum had the star’s name engraved on it before she died, alongside her husband’s name and a depiction of her Tennessee home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 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
If that stem cell develops epigenetic changes, every cell within the crypt inherits them.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2026
Beyond the first crypt they found a passage lined with stone shelves.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Brontë was fascinated by silent crypts and tormenting passions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
As a result, the intestines of older adults become a mix of younger and much older crypts.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2026
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
He remembered what Robert had told him in the crypts below Winterfell.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing crypt
"The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
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