coffin
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Traveling with a coffin and a caged panther, Claire hasn’t come alone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
A procession then took place, with Haakon, his sister Princess Märtha Louise and his children Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus, following the late king's coffin on foot.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 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
Princess Ita's coffin also held an especially ornate dagger.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Instead, he forced his eyes to trace the god’s form, starting with his black iron boots, each one as large as a coffin.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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
Before them stood 112 coffins containing bones and fragments of victims from the Abu Sharia and al-Hasayna families, two branches of the same Bedouin clan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
On Wednesday, barristers described how damp and mould had spread to coffins, and that faeces and dried bodily fluids were seen on the floor.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
They slept in coffins all day and came out only at night.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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