undertaker
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Eleri's body was flown back to the UK and has been formally identified by an undertaker, the inquest heard.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
She called him "the undertaker" because of his liking for dark, sombre suits.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
A local undertaker said the embalmed remains of the Iranian sailors were being sent back in sealed boxes.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
“I had so much metal inside me, I thought I wouldn’t need a burial when I died—the undertaker could just pop me in the recycling bin,” he quips in “Last Rites.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
When the inside part of the funeral was over the undertaker shut the coffin.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
The court heard the undertakers became suspicious and asked Moore how many bodies were at the site.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Now undertakers are offering dedicated spaces to families.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Metz, chief executive of Meine Erde, has spent the past five-plus years crisscrossing Germany, trying to persuade lawmakers and medics, undertakers and religious authorities to approve human composting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
HH: That is so true, and so necessary for fundamental change, because we need new undertakers, new reapers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
At Cari’s body, still draped in the sheet, waiting for the undertakers.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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