casket
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On Wednesday, Khamenei’s casket will be transported to Najaf and Karbala in Iraq, where Iran supports numerous armed groups, and where many among the Shia majority population regard Khamenei as a religious authority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Mavericks fans staged a faux funeral complete with a casket a day later in front of the Dirk Nowitzki statue outside the American Airlines Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
A CT scan had revealed that his mother's casket also contained the remains of someone else.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Traditional leaders and some locals wanted to burn the compromised casket.
From Barron's ● May 24, 2026
The casket was open with the top of the lid facing me, so I couldn’t see around it, but I didn’t need to see any more.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Funeral homes charge for embalming, caskets, vaults and funeral services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
When Old Glory was planted on the moon in 1969, it had already draped the caskets of tens of thousands of soldiers who died in Vietnam.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2026
Indian authorities said an inscription on one of the caskets unearthed with the treasure confirmed the contents -- which include bone fragments -- as "relics of the Buddha".
From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026
Saeed and Tia were buried the day after they died, by Rihab’s father and uncles, in temporary wooden caskets in an unmarked grave in Dahieh.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2024
They finished loading the caskets, and the major drove his jeep around the front of the plane and signaled the officer with the new guys.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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