cremate
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He spent more than £9,000 on camping expenses in 2022, the same year he failed to cremate Jasmine Beverley's baby Sunny Beverley-Conlin, Ball said.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The Patel family waited another month before they could cremate her remains, postponing Ashok's last rites so they could be done together.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
He said he was inspired by the work of Dr William Price, a self-proclaimed druid who was put on trial in Cardiff for trying to cremate his deceased five-month old son in 1884.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
Wellman, owner of Sorrento Valley Pet Cemetery, stepped in to offer to cremate the remaining bodies, and says Angel Paws’ operation was “disorganized and unprofessional.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
"The effort to cremate the body having failed once, he would not resist my wishes in the second burial."
From Final Proof or the Value of Evidence by R. Ottolengui
Not to worry, he said, promising to put his new cremates to work: “We’ll catch up next weekend.”
From Washington Post ● May 31, 2020
It’s July 29, 1981, when Patrick cremates his mother—the day, as it happens, that Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2018
Nowadays, if you die in Pierce County and you fall into two categories - both indigent and unclaimed - the county cremates your body and disposes of your remains.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 3, 2016
The administrator’s office cremates unidentified migrants instead of burying them — a switch that saves the county roughly $860 a person, said Rosie Blankenship, assistant public administrator for Imperial County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2016
A woman always embalms the corpse of a dead love; a man wisely cremates it, and plants a new love in the ashes.
From A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl by Helen Rowland
Cemeteries need not take up hundreds of acres, since mausoleums can contain thousands of cremated remains in much smaller space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The National Funeral Directors Association reported that 63.4% of Americans who died in 2025 were cremated, and the rate is expected to rise to 82.3% by 2045.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Von Ferdinand began telling friends that Jett “wasn’t going to make it” and that she wanted to be cremated without any memorial service, Stephan said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The dead are traditionally cremated on funeral pyres in Hindu-majority Nepal, and the burials are viewed as long-term storage until families can retrieve them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
When Ernest died, in 1986, he was cremated, and his ashes were given to Cowboy in a box.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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First reported by the Scottish Sun, the family who thought they were cremating their loved one are said to be inconsolable.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
The family has also said Mexican authorities and funeral home representatives have repeatedly suggested cremating Blair’s remains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Workers in New Delhi on Tuesday building new platforms for cremating bodies, as the coronavirus takes an increasing toll on the country.Credit...
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2021
Many states permit only three ways of dealing with dead bodies: Burying them, cremating them, or donating them to science.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2019
We were here shown the cremating ovens in which the bodies of the departed priests are disposed of, and also the crude cells and the large refectory of the order.
From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou
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