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Recent Examples of sarcophagus
The team had already excavated the other three corners of a narrow tomb occupied by an imposing, unnamed sarcophagus.
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CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Solomon peppers his story with generational resentments and art-world posturing, while Soderbergh films the interiors of McKellen’s English townhouse like the inner workings of a sarcophagus.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Twelve years and three months after his death, Acutis’ body was exhumed and then placed in a wax covering, which was molded to look like him before his burial and he was then placed in a glass sarcophagus in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
The reactor was later encased in a concrete and steel sarcophagus.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
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CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Solomon peppers his story with generational resentments and art-world posturing, while Soderbergh films the interiors of McKellen’s English townhouse like the inner workings of a sarcophagus.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Twelve years and three months after his death, Acutis’ body was exhumed and then placed in a wax covering, which was molded to look like him before his burial and he was then placed in a glass sarcophagus in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
The reactor was later encased in a concrete and steel sarcophagus.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sarcophagus
Noun
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The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was buried Monday in a shiny golden casket with enormous flower wreaths and a large military presence in the state that gave name to one of Mexico's most powerful cartels.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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As the casket was moved inside, the lines to enter the statehouse grew longer.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Miami put the final nail in the coffin with a second goal from Messi in the 90th minute.—
Kyle Foley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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The nail in the coffin was Friday’s hotter-than-expected producer price index for February, as persistent inflation was added to the laundry list of unknowns.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The sheikh’s tomb blocks my vision.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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But from the tomb of Philip’s father, Charles V, comes a booming ghostly voice, and Carlo is led away into darkness.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Sarcophagus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sarcophagus. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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