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hearse

[hurs] / hɜrs /


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As the old saying goes, the hearse doesn’t come with a trailer hitch.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

He left early to move his hearse: apparently musical Five Timers only get their parking validated for 15 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026

In my neighborhood, the only time you ever saw a limousine was behind a hearse at a funeral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

A police photographer was called in, and a hearse was later seen leaving the scene.

From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026

When we got outside, the hearse and the limousines were waiting, and so was Peaches.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

As part of the outpouring of solidarity from Venezuelans, many private funeral homes have offered free hearses to transport the dead, and free cremations.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Several ambulances, hearses and vans are filmed around the grounds.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

The somber convoys of hearses and relatives crossed much of the battered Acapulco en route to the cemetery, passing ransacked stores, streets strewn with debris and soldiers cutting away fallen trees.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023

On Thursday, two hearses carrying the bodies of Woodard and Brown crossed the international bridge to Brownsville, where the remains were handed over to U.S. authorities.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

Judge William Lewis saw house after house in his neighborhood abandoned, saw the streets empty, saw the hearses constantly passing his home, and fled.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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