as in burial
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
the entombment of President Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery
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When her father dies suddenly during a trip to Pakistan, Azra is pulled back to her ancestral home for the burial and into a journey through memory, identity, and reconciliation.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
20 June 2025 -
They were positively identified in 2023 and returned to his family in October 2024 for burial in Elgin.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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Jackson's family has since started a GoFundMe to raise money for funeral expenses and to support her children after the shooting.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
23 June 2025
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The 1939 funeral in East Baltimore of jazz drummer Chick Webb drew Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Gene Krupa and, The Sun reported, how many Baltimoreans? a. 500 b. 10,000 c. 3,000 d. 5,000 17.—
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