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morgue

[mawrg] / mɔrg /
NOUN
mortuary
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Ms. Margolles witnessed these outcomes first-hand in her earlier career as a forensic technician in Mexico City’s morgue, an experience that infuses her work with elements of scientific exactitude as well as ritualistic imagery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Walking out from one such building next to a makeshift morgue, Shobha Adhikary told a local coordinator she believed one image showed her childhood best friend.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 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

“He stepped out to take a phone call at the morgue, and I decided that...Well, if I moved on, what would you all do without me?”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

"We've searched for him in hospitals, in morgues – everywhere," his stepfather, Jose Alejandro Abache, told BBC Mundo.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

He continues to tour hospitals and morgues, following possible leads sent to him from other family members, who continue to dig through rubble.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 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

Dr. Beale, whose own Presbyterian Church was one of the first morgues opened and who has lived among dead bodies ever since is the cheeriest man in Johnstown.

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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