mortuary
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John Mason, an attorney representing the company, said that the mortuary strongly disputes that it mishandled Ramos’ remains and intends to vigorously defend itself against the lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
He added: "Part of my job was bringing the deceased to the mortuary, something like that stays with you I'll never forget it, it never leaves you."
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
The flag-draped transfer cases were carried to waiting vehicles for transporting to the mortuary facility at Dover, where the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System conducts identification and prepares the remains for burial.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
At the National Hospital in Galle, Iranian sailors’ bodies were arriving in trucks and being stored in a makeshift mortuary.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
Statistics began in the same century with the compilation of mortuary tables, and something of its origins sticks to it as well.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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