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hearse

[hurs] / hɜrs /


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A hearse driver lost his argument that the corpse in back was a passenger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

Earlier, eight people in black, presumably Oseguera's family members, rode in two cars that followed the white hearse with his remains to the graveyard.

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

After it’s confirmed in the hospital that she’s gone, we see Harold racing along a twisty turny road in his car, a Jaguar with a hearse top welded onto it.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026

As their coffins rested in the hearse, we began to sing “Am Yisrael Chai,” the anthem of the Soviet Jewry movement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

It was a gray day, and when Muller’s service had lowered the casket with oiled and silent winches the hearse drove away and the husband filled the grave himself with a new shovel.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

The procession is set to feature about 200 motorbikes, two limousines, four hearses and eight Rolls-Royces.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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

On Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, videos featuring colorful visuals and stirring music advertise Mercedes-Benz hearses, elaborate burial clothes and Babaoshan cremation slots.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 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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