coffin
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No one sleeps in a coffin and everyone seems to go out during the day for work or school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Carried aloft by druids in a closed coffin, the show's host arrived in a church, to greet 21 anxious-looking celebrities.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Earl Spencer told the BBC he had been discussing funeral arrangements with a palace official, who said it had been agreed Princes William and Harry should walk behind their mother's coffin.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Three men removed the deceased from a body bag, which they tossed aside, before returning the corpse to the coffin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The ceremony in the church took about half an hour; there was a blessing, and then the coffin was lowered and the freezing mourners departed.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Thousands of protesters wore red and carried symbolic coffins during a demonstration in Mexico City on Saturday, demanding answers about the 43 trainee teachers who went missing 12 years ago.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Florenz plans to exhibit about 40 coffins by acclaimed Ghanaian artists, including Kane Kwei and Paa Joe, at Pioneer Works beginning in June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Investors went ga-ga over industrial agglomerations for tin, oil, electric utilities, flour, furniture, copper, pottery, leather, borax, oatmeal, even coffins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The earliest burials were generally spaced apart from one another, and the bodies were placed inside coffins.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Another structure was quickly assembled to store empty coffins and serve as a morgue.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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