coffin
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“I would leave the pitch in a coffin for him,” former Chelsea captain John Terry said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Tyler's coffin was designed by her family to reflect her love of music, with a microphone and treble clef engraved on each side.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
There were loud cheers from the crowds, with many shouting "thank you Bonnie" as her coffin entered the church to the tune of her hit single If I Sing you a Love Song.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Thousands of people flocked onto the streets of Mumbles to watch the procession transporting her coffin back to her home, an AFP reporter saw.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
As the mourners turned their backs to the coffin to await its burial, Pinmei could not help stealing a look.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
The earliest burials were generally spaced apart from one another, and the bodies were placed inside coffins.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Tributes on Chinese social media revived Zhu’s most quotable lines, including his vow that he had prepared “100 coffins, 99 for corrupt officials and one for myself.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Women leaned from apartment windows, filming the march on their phones, while others scattered rice and rose petals over the men carrying the coffins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
At a makeshift morgue set up in a port warehouse in La Guaira, hundreds of bodies were stored in white and black body bags and coffins waiting to be identified, an AFP correspondent reported.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Belle-trunks are lined up in the middle of the main salon like coffins.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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