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urn

[urn] / ɜrn /
NOUN
vessel
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It’s backed by a mission-style silhouette tiled with an urn overflowing with foliage.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Hoyte van Hoytema’s Imax-framed cinematography is assertive and present, rocking with the stormy waves and peering into the torch-lit darkness where the color palette is as starkly orange and black as an ancient Greek urn.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The family lost everything including baby photos, Missi’s grandmother’s art and the stone urn that contained her late father’s ashes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

The implosion of a team during the 5-0 Ashes drubbing in 2013-14, and the rebuild to regain the urn in 2015 - the last time England beat Australia.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

A cluster of mashis and meshos surround them, telling them continually what to do, when to speak or stand or throw flowers at a small brass urn.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Near a white tent, about a hundred empty urns awaited ashes of the dead after cremation.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

He has added gold trim to the crown molding, smothered the walls with gold-framed artworks and gold-painted embellishments, placed inch-thick gold coasters on the desk, and lined up gold urns on the mantel.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

The next day is deep-clean Monday, when First Watch dishwashers scrub coffee urns and the greasy grates where bacon sizzles.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

In May 2024 police searched A Milne's office in Springburn, Glasgow, and recovered 19 containers with ashes, just days after eight urns were handed over to Argyll and Bute Council.

From BBC Nov. 20, 2025

Lavender sprayed from two big urns on either side of Aunt Florentine’s headstone.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles




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