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morgue

[mawrg] / mɔrg /
NOUN
mortuary
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That was until a year later, when Nataliya was informed that a body had been identified in a morgue in south-eastern Ukraine, using a sample of DNA she had given.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

“We went to the morgue and there he was,” Irma said.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

Iranian state television on Sunday released footage showing mass casualties inside and outside of a morgue near Tehran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Inside the hospital's morgue on Saturday, relatives peered beneath blankets to get a last glimpse of their loved ones.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

But my father’s radio station wanted to issue a news release about his death, so it leaned on the morgue to perform the autopsy sooner.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore