coffin
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Traveling with a coffin and a caged panther, Claire hasn’t come alone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Queen Sonja, who was also visibly emotional during the ceremony, laid a red rose on Harald's coffin.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Three men removed the deceased from a body bag, which they tossed aside, before returning the corpse to the coffin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
He nailed several boards together to create a makeshift coffin for the limb.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
We were about to turn eleven years old, and that was too old to get passed over the coffin.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
The earliest burials were generally spaced apart from one another, and the bodies were placed inside coffins.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Tributes on Chinese social media revived Zhu’s most quotable lines, including his vow that he had prepared “100 coffins, 99 for corrupt officials and one for myself.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Dozens of mourners gathered in front of 44 coffins at the emotional service, as police announced that the death toll had risen to 46.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Before them stood 112 coffins containing bones and fragments of victims from the Abu Sharia and al-Hasayna families, two branches of the same Bedouin clan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
It even had a limited choice of coffins, hidden away in a back room.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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