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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

She and her colleagues also embalm about 65% of the bodies, preserving them for longer and slowing down decomposition.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023

Cremation, for example, is an energy-intense process that produces carbon dioxide emissions, while traditional burial uses chemicals to embalm bodies and a nonbiodegradable coffin to store them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2022

“I had no desire to embalm or freeze artists who were still alive and making work.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2022

Mr. Carriaga addressed him sternly: “Did you embalm Josh Billings?”

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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

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 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

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

Lukashenko visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun -- where Kim's embalmed father and grandfather lie in state -- to pay his respects, flanked by top North Korean officials, the report said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

Six years later it was submerged, only to come and go with drought cycles that have left it increasingly embalmed in salt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 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

In 2012, the team said it received “problematic” documents from coroners detailing how one infant wasn’t autopsied until after its body was embalmed and how another’s death certificate didn’t match what the autopsy found.

From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2024

"You are under oath, Intern Deere. Do you swear that the body of Samuel W. Westing was embalmed?"

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

The findings provide a more detailed understanding of known embalming mixtures and offer deeper insight into how these preservation techniques developed over time.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 16, 2026

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

Eventually, the discovery of formaldehyde and the use of embalming fluids reduced the demand for cadavers, as did the growing number of people donating their bodies to science.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

"The embalming chemical, when we injected it into different main arteries, kept oozing out," Dr Bhargava writes.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025

Like branding steers or embalming the dead, teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris