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Hackman, 95, and Betsy Arakawa, 65, were found partially mummified in their Santa Fe, New Mexico home on Wednesday, February 26 by maintenance and security workers.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Save for a bit of hair and bile, the former shelter dog’s stomach was largely empty at the time she was found, partially mummified.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
The condition of the remains – decomposing and partially mummified – as well as new evidence from Hackman’s pacemaker, suggest the couple had been dead for several days, possibly weeks.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Details continue to emerge, including a search warrant affidavit report that Arakawa's body was found partially mummified and that multiple dogs were found alive, with more to follow in the coming weeks.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Save for a bit of hair and bile, the former shelter dog’s stomach was largely empty at the time she was found, partially mummified.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
The condition of the remains – decomposing and partially mummified – as well as new evidence from Hackman’s pacemaker, suggest the couple had been dead for several days, possibly weeks.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Details continue to emerge, including a search warrant affidavit report that Arakawa's body was found partially mummified and that multiple dogs were found alive, with more to follow in the coming weeks.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mummify
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Store limes in your fridge’s crisper drawer, which has a lower humidity level that keeps the skins from shriveling.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2026
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The Great Salt Lake has been shriveling up for decades.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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It’s been dried, stripped of bark, sanded to silky smoothness, stained, sealed and painstakingly carved.—
Kathy Gurchiek,
AJC.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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The mascara dries quickly, and there’s no mess or smudging.—
Jacquelyn Smith,
Parents,
10 Mar. 2026
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Plants infected by the bacterial disease transmitted by these beetles show wilting with a single leaf, which then spreads to the entire plant and results in plant death within a week or so, says Khan.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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Allow the soil to dry slightly between waterings, but don’t let the seedlings wilt.—
Holly McNamara,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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Businesses in border towns like Buffalo and Bellingham, Washington, are withering.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Cuba’s tourism industry is withering amid severe blackouts, dwindling oil reserves and heightened tensions with the United States.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Mummify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mummify. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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