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morgue

[mawrg] / mɔrg /
NOUN
mortuary
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The quake damaged a morgue in Colombia's third-largest city Cali, which currently counts the most fatalities.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Vaccines, masking, improved indoor air quality and acquired immunity have all kept the virus at bay so that morgue trucks no longer fill the streets.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

“It was like going to the morgue to identify a body,” said Bayouth, 40.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Rincón's grandfather, Jose Rincón, told BBC Mundo that he viewed at least 200 bodies, including at a morgue in Caracas, searching for his 23-year-old grandson.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

I stayed behind as Dad, Mama, and several cousins went to the morgue.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

Others were frantically searching by hand for missing loved ones in the rubble, but also in hospitals and morgues.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

“I haven’t slept. I’m running from hospital to hospital, to the morgues to see if they’re there—but nothing,” Fajardo said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Zein al-Abdeen, one of only two forensic doctors in Khartoum, said the capital's morgues "were already full before the war".

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

The agency said it had examined more than 500 witnesses, collected information from taxi, bus, train and flight operators, and searched hospitals and morgues, but had found nothing.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2025

Dr. Beall, who has the supervision of the morgues in Johnstown, said that so far 2,300 bodies had been recovered in Johnstown proper, most of which had been identified and buried.

From The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by James Herbert Walker




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