as in to inter
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
the cemetery hearses an average of eight bodies a week
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Funeral for Melania Trump's mother today; Palm Beach warns of traffic around church
Her casket — carrying the woman whose cooking former President Trump credited with making his youngest son 6 feet, 7 inches tall — arrived in a black Cadillac hearse Thursday morning.
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Kristina Webb, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
All of this is performed in a 135,000-square-foot factory in the dankest recesses of Lima, Ohio, by S&S Superior, a company that has been building hearses for 71 years.
—John Phillips, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2023
Meanwhile, most ambulance services were operated by morticians, because hearses were roomy enough for people to lie flat.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 July 2023
On Thursday, two hearses carrying the bodies of Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown crossed the international bridge to Brownsville, where the remains were handed over to U.S. authorities, according to The Associated Press.
—Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023
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Kristina Webb, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
All of this is performed in a 135,000-square-foot factory in the dankest recesses of Lima, Ohio, by S&S Superior, a company that has been building hearses for 71 years.
—John Phillips, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2023
Meanwhile, most ambulance services were operated by morticians, because hearses were roomy enough for people to lie flat.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 July 2023
On Thursday, two hearses carrying the bodies of Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown crossed the international bridge to Brownsville, where the remains were handed over to U.S. authorities, according to The Associated Press.
—Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023
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“Hearse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearse. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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