urn
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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
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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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