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crypt

[kript] / krɪpt /


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Inside the memorial is a crypt containing the remains of more than 1,000 other soldiers.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 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

Coffins, a crypt and a creepy statue of a young girl are what greets us.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2025

He opened the door to let himself out of the crypt, walked back up the gentle slope to the path without looking back.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

Brontë was fascinated by silent crypts and tormenting passions.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Serrated adenomas, on the other hand, are associated with a different type of stem-like cell with fetal characteristics that appears mysteriously at the tops of the crypts.

From Science Daily May 29, 2024

The preserved corpses were unintentionally mummified when they were buried in crypts in a dry, mineral-rich soil environment in the mining state of Guanajuato.

From Seattle Times May 27, 2024

There are vaults and crypts beneath the floor of the house, although these are no longer in use.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2024

He did not like the crypts, had never liked the crypts, but*he was no stranger to them.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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