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crypt

[kript] / krɪpt /


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The bronze crypt plate mounted at the mausoleum had the star’s name engraved on it before she died, alongside her husband’s name and a depiction of her Tennessee home.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

Inside the memorial is a crypt containing the remains of more than 1,000 other soldiers.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

When the structure is completed and the scaffolding dismantled, the tower will be blessed on June 10 to coincide with the centenary of the death of Gaudi, whose body lies in the basilica's crypt.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

If that stem cell develops epigenetic changes, every cell within the crypt inherits them.

From Science Daily Jan. 10, 2026

“That ain’t all. A little-girl skeleton was in the crypt, too, in a coffin with a glass top. Her bones were just so white and pretty—”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Brontë was fascinated by silent crypts and tormenting passions.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

All the mummified remains in the various crypts, apart from the Crusader are of people who died between 400 and 450 years ago, according to the Church.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2025

Truly, baseball crypts are filled with the dead arms of pitchers who were asked to compete in the postseason outside of their comfort zone.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2024

Conventional adenomas were thought to develop from mutations in the normal stem cells that lie at the bottoms of intestinal crypts, pit-like structures in the lining of the intestine.

From Science Daily May 29, 2024

By ancient custom an iron longsword had been laid across the lap of each who had been Lord of Winterfell, to keep the vengeful spirits in their crypts.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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