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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

In a building next to a makeshift morgue in Bharatpur, Shobha Adhikary emerged from the crowd after scanning the LED screen.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 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

They asked the same thing of the emergency medical crews pulling up to the hospital morgue.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Tamang made multiple visits to hospitals and morgues in Kathmandu, where the family lives.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 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

Individuals were also identified in footage from morgues, including the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Centre, to where many bodies from Tehran and surrounding areas were transferred.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

After a long search among the many morgues of the city the bodies were all identified, two of them being found there.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various




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