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Recent Examples of cremate
The unusual discovery is shedding light on the complex nature of largely unknown funerary practices of African hunter-gatherers — and raises the question of why such effort was made to cremate only one person.
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
Their investigation leads them to Dayal (Soubin Shahir) and Simon (Nagarjuna), members of a crime syndicate using one of Rajasekar's inventions — a chair-like contraption with the ability to cremate bodies — for their own nefarious purposes.
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Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
The lawsuit by Ayelli’s parents included a screenshot of an email from a Holy Sepulchre crematory manager, which asked Ayelli’s parents to sign off on paperwork allowing the funeral home to cremate the body themselves.
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Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Aug. 2025
That means the bodies weren’t treated or stored properly, with the funeral home failing to embalm, refrigerate, cremate, bury or entomb the remains within 24 hours of taking custody, according to the suspension documents.
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Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
21 Aug. 2025
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
Their investigation leads them to Dayal (Soubin Shahir) and Simon (Nagarjuna), members of a crime syndicate using one of Rajasekar's inventions — a chair-like contraption with the ability to cremate bodies — for their own nefarious purposes.
—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
The lawsuit by Ayelli’s parents included a screenshot of an email from a Holy Sepulchre crematory manager, which asked Ayelli’s parents to sign off on paperwork allowing the funeral home to cremate the body themselves.
—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Aug. 2025
That means the bodies weren’t treated or stored properly, with the funeral home failing to embalm, refrigerate, cremate, bury or entomb the remains within 24 hours of taking custody, according to the suspension documents.
—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cremate
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The fish – a member of the puffer fish family – will be frozen and incinerated at local government facilities, Schinas said.
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Of that unwanted apparel—about 13 million tons in 2018—85 percent is annually sent to a landfill or incinerated.
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Now, the cabin where those memories were made has been reduced to ash.
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The fires in West Miami-Dade that have sent smoke, soot and ash into nearby communities, prompting over 200 people to leave their homes, is more than half contained as of Thursday, according to the Florida Forest Service.
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One of the defining images of 2020 featured two homeowners, two firearms and a confrontation that ignited a national firestorm.
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After several seconds in free-fall, the Pegasus XL will then ignite the first of its three-stage rocket motors, delivering LINK into orbit in about 10 minutes, according to Northrop Grumman.
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“Cremate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cremate. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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