coffin
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Thousands of people flocked onto the streets of Mumbles to watch the procession transporting her coffin back to her home, an AFP reporter saw.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Or his opening of his dead wife’s coffin, without explanation, more than a year after her death?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Her symptoms sparked caution: she was isolated, medics wore personal protective equipment when treating her and when she died three hours later her body was carefully sealed in a coffin.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
At the end of the day, it’s a “legally viable way to get a fresh start,” Judge said — not a nail in someone’s financial coffin.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
The ceremony in the church took about half an hour; there was a blessing, and then the coffin was lowered and the freezing mourners departed.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Dozens of mourners gathered in front of 44 coffins at the emotional service, as police announced that the death toll had risen to 46.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Before them stood 112 coffins containing bones and fragments of victims from the Abu Sharia and al-Hasayna families, two branches of the same Bedouin clan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
At a makeshift morgue set up in a port warehouse in La Guaira, hundreds of bodies were stored in white and black body bags and coffins waiting to be identified, an AFP correspondent reported.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
In Ituri this means that coffins are used - with the body bag placed inside.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
The survivors shovel the soil over the coffins and disband.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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