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Recent Examples of coffin
David Browne, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2024
The coffin interiors provide a contrasting color to the black.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Things go from bad to worse on the car ride to the ceremony to load Ronnie’s coffin onto a military transport plane back to the U.S.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
But one coffin is loosely draped with two yellow Hezbollah flags, and the funeral turns into a pro-Hezbollah event, featuring heartfelt chants of loyalty to Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah chief assassinated by Israel in late September.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2024
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Noun
As was the fashion then, the bodies of the shot or hanged outlaws were publicly displayed, either stood upright in coffins or just lined up, hands tied, lying in the street, presumably for the amusement and reassurance of the citizenry and the aggrandizement of those who caught them.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2024
The coffin interiors provide a contrasting color to the black.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Things go from bad to worse on the car ride to the ceremony to load Ronnie’s coffin onto a military transport plane back to the U.S.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
But one coffin is loosely draped with two yellow Hezbollah flags, and the funeral turns into a pro-Hezbollah event, featuring heartfelt chants of loyalty to Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah chief assassinated by Israel in late September.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffin
Noun
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At his funeral, my cousins displayed an Ohtani jersey near his casket.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Svengoolie stands in his casket, about to say good night for now.Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024
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In 1926, soldiers began guarding the tomb during daylight hours.Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2024
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However, on one occasion, a masked spirit appeared unexpectedly and began to dance among the tombs.Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
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The counts include two instances where the wrong bodies were buried.Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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But Rahman points to a specific example buried in the documentation that sheds some more light.Allison Johnson, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2024
Verb
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The result was a catastrophic barrage of floods, landslides and swirling water that swept away families and entombed others in their cars and homes.Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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Bush has entombed 1,000 dead bees in orbs of resin and strung them together in a floating sculpture hanging in the Glass Atrium lobby of Manhattan West, the new development on Ninth Avenue and 32nd Street.Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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She was initially interred in a vault beneath the cemetery’s chapel, Selzer says, but was buried in the Willowmere section, Lot 10-16 Sub C, Grave 3 in 1953 —the same year her 41-room mansion at 1000 N. Lake Shore Drive was demolished.Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Reynoso’s husband, who remains hopeful her body will be found, initially planned to inter her in Mexico but later decided her body, if found, will stay in Tennessee.Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
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Residents knelt in silent tribute as hearses carrying the victims passed by on their way to a military cemetery outside the city for burial.Yehor Konovalov and Katie Marie Davies, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
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Fakir’s casket was carried to a white Cadillac LaSalle hearse — the same vintage vehicle that once transported his close friend Aretha Franklin — and he was laid to rest Friday afternoon at Woodlawn Cemetery.Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffin. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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