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Recent Examples of coffin
Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
Peter’s daughter was lying in the middle in a handmade coffin covered with fabric.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2025
Bibas family The boys' remains were returned Saturday, following a ceremony which saw Hamas militants parade their coffins on stage in scenes that have been widely condemned by human rights groups and the international community.
—Max Butterworth, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025
The Wildcats put the nail in the coffin early in the third quarter when Moore scored on an and-1 basket, pushing the score to 47-21 – St. Ignatius’ largest lead of the night.
—Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Photos show what the corridor looks like while walking through and what the rectangular chamber looks like from above.
Inside the burial chamber, archaeologists found one larger sarcophagus filled with animal bones and five stone coffins, the ministry said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
Peter’s daughter was lying in the middle in a handmade coffin covered with fabric.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2025
Bibas family The boys' remains were returned Saturday, following a ceremony which saw Hamas militants parade their coffins on stage in scenes that have been widely condemned by human rights groups and the international community.
—Max Butterworth, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025
The Wildcats put the nail in the coffin early in the third quarter when Moore scored on an and-1 basket, pushing the score to 47-21 – St. Ignatius’ largest lead of the night.
—Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffin
Noun
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As the limos drove Biggie’s casket through the streets with family and friends, thousands of New Yorkers and fans flooded the streets.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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Thousands of people line the street to watch and pay their respects as the funeral procession carrying the caskets of Shiri Bibas, Kfir Bibas and Ariel Bibas pass by with the family in minibuses behind them on its way to the funeral on February 26, 2025 in Rishon LeZion, Israel.—
Tovah Lazaroff,
NBC News,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Matthew’s account of the empty tomb, followed by ever more elaborate resurrection narratives, serves, Pagels suggests, both to address the practical difficulties of reclaiming the bodies of the executed and to counter skeptical claims that Jesus’ corpse had simply been stolen.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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Plot details are being kept in the tomb, but it is understood that Reynor is playing a husband and father who runs afoul of supernaturally sinister forces.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The structure is made of opus reticulatum—bricks laid in a diamond pattern—and contains a volcanic rock called tuff: details suggesting high status individuals were buried here, as Artnet News’ Richard Whiddington reports.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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Play defense straight up and Bueckers will bury them.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Death also brought the queens were closer together than ever before: On James’ command, they were entombed opposite each other in Westminster Abbey.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Feb. 2025
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But there's already a Mount McKinley of sorts, in Canton, Ohio, right between I-77 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame: A magnificent mausoleum to our 25th President, William McKinley, entombed there alongside his wife, Ida.—
Mo Rocca,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In keeping with his wishes, Herrera will be interred at a later date in Caracas, Venezuela, where he was born.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
18 Mar. 2025
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In Aida’s final scene, the treasonous general Radamés, who has been interred as punishment, finds his slave princess waiting for him in the shadows.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Decorated hearses ferry visitors past the Mercer Williams House Museum, where an antiques dealer shot his lover and inspired the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.—
John von Sothen,
airmail.news,
15 Mar. 2025
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But outside, under the church portico, two long hearses — one black, one white — waited.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffin. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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