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Recent Examples of coffin
Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Muncy recalled thinking after the play, a nail in the coffin of another offensive dud and a 7-2 loss.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Some relatives broke down upon seeing the coffins, as a Muslim cleric led funeral prayers under tight security.
—Riaz Khan, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Zayn didn’t expect the equalizer – Lil Yachty – to rise out of the coffin and hit him with a candy cane.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
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Noun
Branwell’s coffin was carried from the house and placed next to the other family caskets.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Muncy recalled thinking after the play, a nail in the coffin of another offensive dud and a 7-2 loss.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Some relatives broke down upon seeing the coffins, as a Muslim cleric led funeral prayers under tight security.
—Riaz Khan, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Zayn didn’t expect the equalizer – Lil Yachty – to rise out of the coffin and hit him with a candy cane.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffin
Noun
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As flags across the state remained at half-staff, Kempthorne’s casket arrived to the Capitol in a cream-white hearse escorted by a motorcade made up of Idaho State Police and Boise police officers.—
Darin Oswald,
Idaho Statesman,
15 May 2026
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Trainor's fiancée and mother, who sat nearby during the ceremony along with other family members, were presented with flags that draped his casket.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
Verb
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The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb.—
Nada El Sawy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Nov. 2023
Verb
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The text card at the close of the episode notes that between 1980 and 1988, more than 200,000 Iranians were killed during the war, while over 15,000 Iranian political prisoners were executed and buried in mass graves.—
Alissa Simon,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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Actor Billy Gardell, a Pittsburgh native, walks a new security guard through it all with the schedule buried at the end.—
Teresa M. Walker,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
Verb
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The sunken battleship entombs more than 900 sailors and Marines at Pearl Harbor.—
Jim Mustian,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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And the researchers say these practices, such as kin being entombed together, likely came from Roman culture.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Other dives have been conducted to inter the remains of Arizona survivors who wanted to rest eternally with their former shipmates.—
Jim Mustian,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Bianchi had been interred anonymously in a military cemetery in Hawaii.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Prior to his death, Philip specified his funeral plans and laid out the arrangements, from the music to the custom Land Rover hearse.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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This can also include autos such as ambulances, work trucks, hearses, etc.—
Block Advisors Contributor,
Forbes.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffin. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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