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Recent Examples of coffin
Lynette Rice, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
New Zealanders sent child-sized coffins to help with the demand.
—Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025
If the Palestinian people were ever somehow forcibly expelled from Gaza, this crime against humanity would spark widespread conflict, put the final nail in the coffin of international law, and destroy what remains of our nation's international image and standing.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Finally, a coffin was carried from the morgue and placed on the roof of a minivan, which had a photograph of the deceased fixed to the front bumper.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Noun
What viewers didn’t expect, however, was that Barber appeared twice at his character’s own funeral: first as a corpse in the coffin and second, as a grieving woman inside the chapel.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
New Zealanders sent child-sized coffins to help with the demand.
—Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025
If the Palestinian people were ever somehow forcibly expelled from Gaza, this crime against humanity would spark widespread conflict, put the final nail in the coffin of international law, and destroy what remains of our nation's international image and standing.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Finally, a coffin was carried from the morgue and placed on the roof of a minivan, which had a photograph of the deceased fixed to the front bumper.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffin
Noun
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Each casket also carried a small photograph of one of the four hostages.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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One casket bore a picture of Kfir Bibas, who was less than nine months old when he was kidnapped.—
Rawan Sheikh Ahmad,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The following morning, a small group of us woke up early to explore the sandstone cliffs before being joined by the larger group to peek into tombs cut into the rock.—
Matt Dutile,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2025
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As was customary, pilgrims who returned after visiting St. James’ tomb adopted an emblem.—
Virginia Raguin,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Knowledge workers routinely report spending 2.5 hours daily searching for information buried in email threads and disorganized files.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The controversy started in a very Washington way: as a line item in a government spreadsheet buried on the State Department's website.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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By the night of Sunday, January 13, 1952, snow would bury the train, entombing everyone inside for the next three days.—
Robert Klara,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2025
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Today, the gold entombed within the Pacific is estimated to be worth upward of $5 million.—
Joel Sams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The individuals were likely interred more than 2,000 years ago, with their graves dating to between 450 and 25 B.C.E.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
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At the time Highland was founded in 1909, no cemetery in the city would allow Black families to purchase a burial plot so loved ones could be interred together.—
Natalie Wallington,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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But outside, under the church portico, two long hearses — one black, one white — waited.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
16 Feb. 2025
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Residents knelt in silent tribute as hearses carrying the victims passed by on their way to a military cemetery outside the city for burial.—
Yehor Konovalov and Katie Marie Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Sep. 2024
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffin. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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