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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

It is all anyone in Khartoum can hope for by way of a morgue.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 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

Frank Luzerne went to the morgue on Wednesday night and, after counting the number of bodies, he studied one by the flickering light of a candle.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy




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