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Ukraine remains a charnel house while other areas — the Persian Gulf, the Korean peninsula, the Taiwan Strait — may erupt at any time.
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Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 Mar. 2023
Above their heads: a charnel house of endangered trees.
—Scientific American, 15 Dec. 2021
Here, the passion Pearl feels is more charnel than carnal.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022
What lay on the pillow was a charnel-house, a heap of pus and blood, a shovelful of putrid flesh.
—Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
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Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 Mar. 2023
Above their heads: a charnel house of endangered trees.
—Scientific American, 15 Dec. 2021
Here, the passion Pearl feels is more charnel than carnal.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022
What lay on the pillow was a charnel-house, a heap of pus and blood, a shovelful of putrid flesh.
—Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
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“Charnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charnel. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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