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morgue

[mawrg] / mɔrg /
NOUN
mortuary
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At the morgue, the babies were brought in with their diapers and blankets and with their hospital ID bracelets still wrapped around their tiny ankles.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

It is all anyone in Khartoum can hope for by way of a morgue.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

They found him four days later in Tehran’s Kahrizak morgue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Qaiser said that officials were unable to help them, describing how his family had been told to visit both the burns centre and the morgue at different times.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Then another girl’s crusty voice comes out from the shadows behind the morgue.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko




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