coffin
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It has now been confirmed that her coffin will be brought to her Mumbles home on 15 August at 15:30 BST, with people invited to "pay their respects" by lining Newton Road at 15:15.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
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
At the shrine, dozens of clerics stood ready to pray over the coffin before it was carried on to the city of Karbala.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
On Wednesday, Khamenei’s coffin was to be carried through the streets of Karbala, where the fateful 7th-century battle took place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Everyone was waiting for me now, so I crouched down and grabbed a big handful of dirt and sprinkled it onto the coffin.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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"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
The soldiers were buried on Sunday in coffins draped in the Indonesian flag during military funerals with gun salutes.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
Items included flags that were meant to have been draped on coffins, sports shirts intended to be a loved one's final outfit and wedding photographs.
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
I could just see funeral homes selling big jars of honey for dead people, instead of coffins.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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