as in to tomb
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Recent Examples of coffin
Esther Yi,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
This shiny lounge coffin measures over seven-and-a-half feet long (235cm) and a couple of feet high (65cm).
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New Atlas,
13 June 2026
Few images are more enduring than 3-year-old John saluting his father’s coffin.
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Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
The integrity of college athletics has officially left the building, and the final nail in the coffin came from a Houston judge who ruled that Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby can play this upcoming season for the Red Raiders after admitting to gambling on his own team.
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Trey Wallace Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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Noun
Rolling around inside my coffin would be a gigantic ball of hair trussed by a Möbius strip of fingernail.
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Esther Yi,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
This shiny lounge coffin measures over seven-and-a-half feet long (235cm) and a couple of feet high (65cm).
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New Atlas,
13 June 2026
Few images are more enduring than 3-year-old John saluting his father’s coffin.
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Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
The integrity of college athletics has officially left the building, and the final nail in the coffin came from a Houston judge who ruled that Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby can play this upcoming season for the Red Raiders after admitting to gambling on his own team.
—
Trey Wallace Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffin
Noun
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Mavericks fans staged a faux funeral complete with a casket a day later in front of the Dirk Nowitzki statue outside American Airlines Center.
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This meant no one had to carry the casket but each would get a mention in the program.
Verb
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The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif.
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Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb.
Verb
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Minnesota Department of Transportation A pile of hailstones buried a lawn chair in Maple Grove, Minnesota.
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There is a second worry buried in the FSB report, quieter but arguably sharper.
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Lick died at age 80 just a few months later and is entombed at the observatory.
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The sunken battleship entombs more than 900 sailors and Marines at Pearl Harbor.
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Once a donated cadaver can no longer be used by UCSD, the remains are cremated and scattered or interred in a manner consistent with state law, the university says.
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The Gestapo arrested Mahrer in 1942 and interred him at the notoriously cruel Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia.
Verb
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Prior to his death, Philip specified his funeral plans and laid out the arrangements, from the music to the custom Land Rover hearse.
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This can also include autos such as ambulances, work trucks, hearses, etc.
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffin. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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