morgue
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The heavy snowstorm has prevented rescuers from transporting the bodies from the backcountry to a morgue in the nearby town of Truckee, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said at a news conference on Wednesday.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
Mourners gathered around the bodies as they were taken from the morgue towards the hospital courtyard, where men lined up in silence to perform an Islamic funeral prayer recited for the dead.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
“We went to the morgue and there he was,” Irma said.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
Iranian state television released footage showing dozens of bodies in shrouds lined up inside and outside of a morgue near Tehran on Sunday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
A few days before, Henry’s mother had stopped in to see me, after she’d been down the hall to see her own son in the morgue.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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