coffin
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At the end of the day, it’s a “legally viable way to get a fresh start,” Judge said — not a nail in someone’s financial coffin.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Cinema seems to spring up wherever Mr. McElwee looks—in one quietly virtuoso sequence from just before his surgery, he films a neighbor assembling a large flower box and imagines it’s his own coffin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Inside, mourners jostled to touch the coffin before prayers were held.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The coffin will lie in state until Monday, when a procession will pass through Tehran.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
This was the plain coffin of a rail splitter.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Some coffins were loaded into the back of ambulances to be transported to the home provinces of the deceased.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
At a makeshift morgue set up in a port warehouse in La Guaira, hundreds of bodies were stored in white and black body bags and coffins waiting to be identified, an AFP correspondent reported.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
In Ituri this means that coffins are used - with the body bag placed inside.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Though concentrated, it’s situated among newly refreshed spaces containing lavishly ornamented mummy coffins, carved grave stelae, canopic jars, tomb wall reliefs and the preserved body of a woman named Gautseshenu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Some friends had worked through the night to finish the coffins.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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