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morgue

[mawrg] / mɔrg /
NOUN
mortuary
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Kate said the undertaker told her Paul had a tag on him saying "environmental hazard" while his body was in the morgue.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Ms. Margolles witnessed these outcomes first-hand in her earlier career as a forensic technician in Mexico City’s morgue, an experience that infuses her work with elements of scientific exactitude as well as ritualistic imagery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Raj Kumari Tamang, a 20-year-old woman wearing a mask, went to the morgue looking for her father.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

In the days following, the morgue became a busy place.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy

Tamang made multiple visits to hospitals and morgues in Kathmandu, where the family lives.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

"We've searched for him in hospitals, in morgues – everywhere," his stepfather, Jose Alejandro Abache, told BBC Mundo.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Zein al-Abdeen, one of only two forensic doctors in Khartoum, said the capital's morgues "were already full before the war".

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 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

Dr. Beall, who has the supervision of the morgues in Johnstown, said that so far 2,300 bodies had been recovered in Johnstown proper, most of which had been identified and buried.

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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