morgue
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Kate said the undertaker told her Paul had a tag on him saying "environmental hazard" while his body was in the morgue.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Ms. Margolles witnessed these outcomes first-hand in her earlier career as a forensic technician in Mexico City’s morgue, an experience that infuses her work with elements of scientific exactitude as well as ritualistic imagery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Only a handful of the more than 1,000 bodies recovered by authorities so far have been identified, stretching Nepal's already limited morgue capacity.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Vaccines, masking, improved indoor air quality and acquired immunity have all kept the virus at bay so that morgue trucks no longer fill the streets.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
It was the first time he had seen his wife’s body since he viewed her at the morgue.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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"We've searched for him in hospitals, in morgues – everywhere," his stepfather, Jose Alejandro Abache, told BBC Mundo.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
He continues to tour hospitals and morgues, following possible leads sent to him from other family members, who continue to dig through rubble.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Zein al-Abdeen, one of only two forensic doctors in Khartoum, said the capital's morgues "were already full before the war".
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
Individuals were also identified in footage from morgues, including the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Centre, to where many bodies from Tehran and surrounding areas were transferred.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
He knew its wharfs, its bridges, its viaducts, its alleys, its dens, its parks, its squares, its churches, its morgues, its circuses, its prisons, its hospitals, and its mad-houses.
From Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions by John Cowper Powys
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