cremate
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Wellman, owner of Sorrento Valley Pet Cemetery, stepped in to offer to cremate the remaining bodies, and says Angel Paws’ operation was “disorganized and unprofessional.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
Their families then get to decide if they want to cremate or bury them, with the funeral costs covered by the university.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025
The bill was so expensive she could not afford to cremate Ozzie after the cat died - so instead she brought her home and buried her in the back garden.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025
Those who opt to bury or cremate on their own pay a funeral home.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2024
Any words coming with a brave rush are able to scatter to the winds the strongest facts; but big words—as all our great orators know—knock them at once on the head and cremate them.
From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
Not to worry, he said, promising to put his new cremates to work: “We’ll catch up next weekend.”
From Washington Post ● May 31, 2020
It’s July 29, 1981, when Patrick cremates his mother—the day, as it happens, that Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2018
Nowadays, if you die in Pierce County and you fall into two categories - both indigent and unclaimed - the county cremates your body and disposes of your remains.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 3, 2016
The administrator’s office cremates unidentified migrants instead of burying them — a switch that saves the county roughly $860 a person, said Rosie Blankenship, assistant public administrator for Imperial County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2016
A woman always embalms the corpse of a dead love; a man wisely cremates it, and plants a new love in the ashes.
From A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl by Rowland, Helen
Authorities were tipped off to the crimes after one of the dog owners told authorities that they received a message from the trainer saying their dog had died in its sleep and was cremated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Grecia's body, located Thursday, was taken by her father to be cremated in Caracas, while Víctor awaited the remains of his nephews and brother-in-law.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Most people studied in Central Germany, including both cremated and non cremated individuals, appeared to be local to the area where they were buried.
From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026
Those families had been told by Bush their relatives had been cremated.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
Nobody except beggars, derelicts and the police-custody dead were cremated there.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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The family has also said Mexican authorities and funeral home representatives have repeatedly suggested cremating Blair’s remains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Several political parties in the country’s Congress have expressed support for cremating his remains, and analysts expect lawmakers to approve the bill.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2021
Workers in New Delhi on Tuesday building new platforms for cremating bodies, as the coronavirus takes an increasing toll on the country.Credit...
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2021
The victim's family accused local police of cremating her body without their consent, although the authorities denied this.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2020
Her son sought the assistance of certain men of the “Reddika” caste in obtaining wood for the pyre, carrying the corpse to the burning-ground, and cremating it.
From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Thurston, Edgar
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