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Recent Examples of coffin
Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
But the glamorous noblewoman has not emerged from decades of slumber in a glass coffin at the Kremlin just to feast.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
His tiny coffin, when it was lowered into the grave, was draped with the Union Jack.
—Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
In Velasco, a town in the eastern Cuban province of Holguín, a man was buried in a cardboard box, his body carted on a wheelbarrow to the cemetery because of a lack of both of wooden coffins and fuel.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
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Count contributor Emily Zemler’s profile among the final nails in the coffin.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
But the glamorous noblewoman has not emerged from decades of slumber in a glass coffin at the Kremlin just to feast.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
His tiny coffin, when it was lowered into the grave, was draped with the Union Jack.
—Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
In Velasco, a town in the eastern Cuban province of Holguín, a man was buried in a cardboard box, his body carted on a wheelbarrow to the cemetery because of a lack of both of wooden coffins and fuel.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
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The American flag, first recognized by Congress in 1777, represents the nation in all sorts of ways — in battle, in parades, at ballgames, at the Olympics and even on caskets — and has evolved over the years.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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His parents picked out a blue casket adorned with a bronze baseball and glove.—
Kyle Werner,
Des Moines Register,
13 Feb. 2026
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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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Tuesday, when dispatchers received a call that multiple skiers had been buried.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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In Monkayo, a gold-mining town in Davao de Oro province near Davao Oriental, the remains of three people were recovered after their house was buried late Thursday by a landslide, Dayanghirang and other officials said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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Even followers of British royalty can make a heritage visit to the final resting place of Princess Alice of Battenberg, grandmother of King Charles, who is entombed on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Two ancient wolf pups found entombed in Siberian permafrost more than a decade ago are revealing new stories, thanks to rich DNA clues preserved inside their bodies.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Department of Veterans Affairs and volunteer groups have worked to locate and honor the women, identifying eight interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, including Irma Armanet, whose gravesite had never been marked.—
Loureen Ayyoub,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Roughly 400 are interred in crypts, about 300 in niches, and approximately 15,000 in traditional burial plots.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
4 Feb. 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 27 Feb. 2026.
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