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morgue

[mawrg] / mɔrg /
NOUN
mortuary
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At the morgue, the babies were brought in with their diapers and blankets and with their hospital ID bracelets still wrapped around their tiny ankles.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

At a makeshift morgue in Khartoum, engineer turned mortician Ali Gebbai clicked through a spreadsheet of the dead.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Once the bodies are recovered, they will be transported to the Placer County morgue.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

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

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

“She double-checked the morgue and the hospitals around here. She’s not there, so that’s good.”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko




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