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morgue

[mawrg] / mɔrg /
NOUN
mortuary
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Vaccines, masking, improved indoor air quality and acquired immunity have all kept the virus at bay so that morgue trucks no longer fill the streets.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

“It was like going to the morgue to identify a body,” said Bayouth, 40.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

A makeshift morgue is operating outdoors in the port of La Guaira, where long lines form to receive the bodies of loved ones and the death certificates.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

At a port storage facility transformed into a makeshift morgue in La Guaira, the same scene repeats itself again and again.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

For a week, his body had been in the morgue, waiting to be taken someplace.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

Others were frantically searching by hand for missing loved ones in the rubble, but also in hospitals and morgues.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Her anguish is shared outside morgues as well as in hospitals, where photos of missing persons are plastered on walls and utility poles, written on handwritten pieces of paper.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Individuals were also identified in footage from morgues, including the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Centre, to where many bodies from Tehran and surrounding areas were transferred.

From BBC Feb. 9, 2026

In many cases, Iranians say it has taken them days to identify the bodies of relatives among the vast number of people transferred to morgues.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 27, 2026

All the morgues are alike, and we shall find another before long.

From The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by James Herbert Walker




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