mummy
Example Sentences
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Somebody — perhaps it was Lee Cronin himself, probably not — wanted us to know that his latest project, “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy,” was no mere mummy movie.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
To investigate the source of mummy scents, researchers examined the air surrounding extremely small mummy fragments about the size of a peppercorn.
From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026
In most cases the “mummy portraits”—as the paintings are called—came to be pried or detached from the full mummy by excavators, archaeologists or thieves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
"I rang my mummy this morning… I can't wait to come home and give her a big hug and say what will we do?"
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026
“I know you said not to come, but since we were on the mummy committee together, we wanted to help explain what happened.”
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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