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Recent Examples of sarcophagus
Cronin takes the legend of the mummy out of its sarcophagus by removing it from Egypt and throwing it into a domestic American home.
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Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Eight years later, she is found alive, wrapped up inside a sarcophagus.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Set in both Egypt and Albuquerque, New Mexico, Cronin’s wonderfully inventive script drags one of cinema’s oldest tropes out of its sarcophagus and into a modern American home.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026
There, layers of light green cloth cover a stone sarcophagus.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
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Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Eight years later, she is found alive, wrapped up inside a sarcophagus.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Set in both Egypt and Albuquerque, New Mexico, Cronin’s wonderfully inventive script drags one of cinema’s oldest tropes out of its sarcophagus and into a modern American home.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026
There, layers of light green cloth cover a stone sarcophagus.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sarcophagus
Noun
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This includes the importance of gestures such as going to retrieve from the family casket a pin that reproduces the British and American flags together, as well as those that actually fly on the streets of Washington.—
Giorgia Olivieri,
Vanity Fair,
28 Apr. 2026
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The pattern holds across every region of the country, where actual casket burial rates closely match stated first-choice rates, while cremation rates far exceed them.—
Tanya D. Marsh,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The final nail in the coffin may have been Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, a 2012 juggernaut that primed the public for twisty, femme-centric thrillers—a hunger that still hasn’t faded.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
4 May 2026
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Just four years later, the LIV players are learning that another business decision might be the final nail in the coffin of the whole endeavor.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Some audibly gasped and appeared in shock when it was announced that King Charles III and Queen Camilla would shortly be arriving to lay wreaths at the tomb.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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But in a break with recent precedent, the MOD said no military hardware will roll past Lenin’s tomb this year.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Sarcophagus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sarcophagus. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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