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coffin

[kaw-fin, kof-in] / ˈkɔ fɪn, ˈkɒf ɪn /


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At the end of the day, it’s a “legally viable way to get a fresh start,” Judge said — not a nail in someone’s financial coffin.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

Crowds thronged the streets of Najaf on Wednesday as the coffin of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei moved through the holy city in a procession devoted to Iraq, home to Shia Islam's most sacred shrines.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

State media reported that millions of mourners filled the main boulevards connecting the squares and crowding around the black lorry that carried the coffin of the late supreme leader and four family members.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

On Monday, Iranian television broadcast large crowds of mourners slowly walking alongside the black truck carrying Khamenei’s flag-draped coffin and those of several slain relatives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Indeed, if Barack Obama had been elected president back then, I would have argued that his election marked the nation’s triumph over racial caste—the final nail in the coffin of Jim Crow.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

"All I want to do is to get home," said Amadi, who has been in South Africa for 10 years and worked at a small company that made coffins.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

Several local funeral businesses have told the BBC they would not supply Legacy with coffins, for fear they would not be paid.

From BBC Apr. 2, 2026

Though concentrated, it’s situated among newly refreshed spaces containing lavishly ornamented mummy coffins, carved grave stelae, canopic jars, tomb wall reliefs and the preserved body of a woman named Gautseshenu.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

We are not seeing image after image of flag-draped coffins.

From Slate Mar. 16, 2026

I looked across the room at the pile of coffins.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm




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