cremate
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They happen when people die in poverty, alone or without relatives who can afford to cremate or bury them.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025
Those who opt to bury or cremate on their own pay a funeral home.
From Slate • Oct. 3, 2024
She has since ended the contract, she said, and We Care has retrieved the ashes for all the pets it hired her to cremate.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024
When Cheryl Irvin’s 72-year-old husband died at their home near Vancouver from a heart attack Feb. 25, she expected to obtain his death certificate, cremate him and hold a memorial within a week.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024
It is the custom of most of the higher-caste Hindus to cremate their dead; while many of the lowest castes and outcasts resort to burial.
From India, Its Life and Thought by Jones, John P. (John Peter)
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