crypt
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Give me lighting that makes it possible for me to take a Zoom call without looking like I’ve been buried alive in a dark crypt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
When the structure is completed and the scaffolding dismantled, the tower will be blessed on June 10 to coincide with the centenary of the death of Gaudi, whose body lies in the basilica's crypt.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
If that stem cell develops epigenetic changes, every cell within the crypt inherits them.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026
An ancient box tomb thought to be built in the 1700s has collapsed in a church cemetery, exposing a large underground crypt.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025
So one day she and Roger made their way into the crypt below the oratory.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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