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Recent Examples of coffin
Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
No Malefic locked in a coffin with a microphone; no Attila Csihar dressed as a peacocking corpse.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026
Germany repurposed dye works into munitions plants with very little effort, and though Britain did its level best to choke off Germany’s importation of some of the chemicals used in dyestuffs and explosives, Haber’s discovery was the nail in the coffin.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
The energy crises of the 1970s put the nail in the coffin of that mentality.
—Matt Peterson, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Fears leading to a travel slowdown After news of rising airfare costs and geopolitical tensions potentially leading to security risks like sleeper cells, the shutdown's airport chaos was the nail in the coffin for Americans who are outright canceling their trips.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
No Malefic locked in a coffin with a microphone; no Attila Csihar dressed as a peacocking corpse.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026
Germany repurposed dye works into munitions plants with very little effort, and though Britain did its level best to choke off Germany’s importation of some of the chemicals used in dyestuffs and explosives, Haber’s discovery was the nail in the coffin.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
The energy crises of the 1970s put the nail in the coffin of that mentality.
—Matt Peterson, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffin
Noun
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Flowers surrounded the baby girl's tiny casket inside the Lawrence Woodward Funeral Home in Crown Heights, as family members clutched each other and said their final goodbyes.—
Naveen Dhaliwal,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Thousands came to his funeral in Chicago, and his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, insisted on an open casket so the country could see the gruesome state of her son’s body.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb.—
Nada El Sawy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Nov. 2023
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In order to become proper Chinese third graders—to go all the way from Heaven to tomb—Natasha and Ariel needed to memorize a total of sixteen hundred characters.—
Peter Hessler,
The New Yorker,
26 June 2023
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Bishop acquired the property, intending to preserve the inactive cemetery as a memorial site for the military veterans buried there, some dating back to the Civil War.—
Nicole Comstock,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Three other Syrian relatives were also killed in the Ain Mreisseh strike and were buried on Saturday in the town of al-Shuhail in Deir el-Zour, after the family split upon returning to Syria.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Sunny had been missing for hours when someone realized he was entombed under a driveway.—
Mark Price
April 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Apr. 2026
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While Soviet authorities entombed that plant in concrete, Tokyo decided on a very different approach — the Fukushima Dai-ichi facility would be entirely dismantled.—
Yusuke Maekawa,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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The annual event, held at the Memorial to the Six Million, also marked the site's 61st observance—a space considered sacred by many, where human ashes from Dachau and other Holocaust artifacts are interred.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The campaign hit its $50,000 goal on April 5, which means Perrine will be buried and interred at Forest Lawn in Southern California.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Apr. 2026
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This can also include autos such as ambulances, work trucks, hearses, etc.—
Block Advisors Contributor,
Forbes.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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The cars, shown Nov. 8 and 9, appeared in classes such as classics, customs, dragsters, race cars, rat rods, street rods, trucks, uniques and even hearses.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
13 Nov. 2025
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffin. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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