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Recent Examples of coffin
Sean Keane, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2025
Following the service, Francis’ coffin was transported in the white popemobile over the River Tiber to be entombed in Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets to watch as his coffin was brought from the Vatican to the Basilica.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Pallbearers dressed in black suits hoisted Pope Francis’ coffin on their shoulders.
—Aryn Baker, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
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Noun
His coffin was taken to Rome's Basilica of Saint Mary Major where he was laid to rest.
—Sean Keane, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2025
Following the service, Francis’ coffin was transported in the white popemobile over the River Tiber to be entombed in Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets to watch as his coffin was brought from the Vatican to the Basilica.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Pallbearers dressed in black suits hoisted Pope Francis’ coffin on their shoulders.
—Aryn Baker, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffin
Noun
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Consequently, as the Longacre exhumation shows, Polly was buried in Longacre’s casket, and Arthur couldn’t bear to strip his father of his dignity.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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Beginning the week of June 2, soldiers, their horses and the caisson will carry caskets for two funerals a day and a maximum of 10 per week.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Who determined which Egyptians were buried in the tombs?—
Jeff Campagna,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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Other popular tombs include those of singer Edith Piaf, composer Fredéric Chopin, writer Marcel Proust and novelist and playwriter Honoré de Balzac.—
Heller McAlpin,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The election of a pope can be interrupted, not stopped The pope's funeral will end when his wooden coffin is taken in procession from St. Peter's Basilica to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, the church in Rome where he will be buried.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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But Pope Francis chose to be buried in Rome, at the Basilica of St. Mary Major — about 2.5 miles away.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Previous popes were entombed in three coffins, one made of cypress, another made of zinc and a third made of elm, nested inside each other.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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Behind the closet door lay her old ambitions, entombed.—
Hannah Gold,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Department of Veterans Affairs says that 14 of the unit's members are interred at Arlington National Cemetery, while 32 are interred in VA national or state veteran's cemeteries across the country.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
29 Apr. 2025
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Unlike many of his predecessors who were interred in the crypt beneath St. Peter's Basilica, Francis requested to be laid to rest at Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Decorated hearses ferry visitors past the Mercer Williams House Museum, where an antiques dealer shot his lover and inspired the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.—
John von Sothen,
airmail.news,
15 Mar. 2025
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But outside, under the church portico, two long hearses — one black, one white — waited.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffin. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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