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crypt

[kript] / krɪpt /


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Hart is still suspicious of Fry, however, after realising the mathematician had orchestrated events after the crypt to make Myha'la look less innocent.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

For safe-keeping, the flag is displayed in very low light, giving the chamber a sacred feel, like a cathedral crypt.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

The bronze crypt plate mounted at the mausoleum had the star’s name engraved on it before she died, alongside her husband’s name and a depiction of her Tennessee home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Inside the memorial is a crypt containing the remains of more than 1,000 other soldiers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Rebecca would lie there in the crypt as well.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Brontë was fascinated by silent crypts and tormenting passions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Truly, baseball crypts are filled with the dead arms of pitchers who were asked to compete in the postseason outside of their comfort zone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024

Conventional adenomas were thought to develop from mutations in the normal stem cells that lie at the bottoms of intestinal crypts, pit-like structures in the lining of the intestine.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024

The preserved corpses were unintentionally mummified when they were buried in crypts in a dry, mineral-rich soil environment in the mining state of Guanajuato.

From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2024

I slipped as quietly as I could between headstones and crypts.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood


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