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Recent Examples of urn
The exhibition’s first wall presents a large photograph of Nicky holding their mother’s urn to set the scene.
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Sarah Moroz,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
When Patrick’s father died, two years ago, Patrick and his siblings divided his ashes among themselves, and a portion rested in a columbarium; the urn was small.
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Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
The reliquary urn, which authorities say is a significant piece of Italian history and is registered with the Historical Artistic Heritage Items of the Italian Episcopal Conference, was stolen sometime in August 2022 from the church of San Michele Arcangelo di Cangiano.
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Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
Instead, some families received urns with concrete to replace dead people's ashes, and the Hallfords gave families the wrong body at least twice.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Sarah Moroz,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
When Patrick’s father died, two years ago, Patrick and his siblings divided his ashes among themselves, and a portion rested in a columbarium; the urn was small.
—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
The reliquary urn, which authorities say is a significant piece of Italian history and is registered with the Historical Artistic Heritage Items of the Italian Episcopal Conference, was stolen sometime in August 2022 from the church of San Michele Arcangelo di Cangiano.
—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
Instead, some families received urns with concrete to replace dead people's ashes, and the Hallfords gave families the wrong body at least twice.
—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urn
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At the ages of 15 and 12, the brothers walked shoulder-to-shoulder behind their mother Princess Diana's coffin in 1997.
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Mourners chanted non-stop, with no sign of the ayatollah’s coffin more than an hour after the procession’s official start time.
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His casket was lined with images of the blue cartoon dog.
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Mavericks fans staged a faux funeral complete with a casket a day later in front of the Dirk Nowitzki statue outside American Airlines Center.
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This month, the hospital granted rare access to reporters from the Associated Press, allowing them into rooms that lie on either side of the centerpiece of Les Invalides, a soaring mausoleum that holds Napoleon’s sarcophagus.
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This month, the hospital granted rare access to reporters from The Associated Press, allowing them into rooms that lie on either side of the centerpiece of Les Invalides, a soaring mausoleum that holds Napoleon's sarcophagus.
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While lying in state, the coffin was placed not on an elevated bier, but facing the pews.
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Inside the 16th-century basilica, his casket won't be put on an elevated bier—as was the case with past popes—but will just be placed on the main alta, simply facing the pews.
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He will be buried on Thursday, after another procession, in Mashhad near the tomb of the Imam Reza, a figure of great devotion in Iran.
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With the patio door closed, however, the room was as silent as a tomb.
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“Urn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urn. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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