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Recent Examples of coffin
Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 15 May 2025
In Chicago, where Coleman had first pursued her dream of becoming a pilot, 10,000 mourners honored her coffin ahead of her funeral at Pilgrim Baptist Church.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Of course, at the time fans did not respond well to this stylistic change, nor was there any additional praise when Metallica decided to chop off their luscious locks – Metallica cutting off their hair was considered the nail in the coffin for many longtime fans.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
New research on the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak puts another nail in the lab leak theory’s coffin.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2025
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Noun
The story follows seven warriors on a top-secret mission: to transport 99 coffins as a strategic diversion designed to mislead hostile forces.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 15 May 2025
In Chicago, where Coleman had first pursued her dream of becoming a pilot, 10,000 mourners honored her coffin ahead of her funeral at Pilgrim Baptist Church.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Of course, at the time fans did not respond well to this stylistic change, nor was there any additional praise when Metallica decided to chop off their luscious locks – Metallica cutting off their hair was considered the nail in the coffin for many longtime fans.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
New research on the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak puts another nail in the lab leak theory’s coffin.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffin
Noun
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At his funeral in Guatemala, his sister draped herself over his casket, weeping.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2025
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Francis had also asked to be buried in a simple wooden casket.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The city’s monuments, which include several royal palaces, ritual sites and tombs, have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
25 May 2025
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The gravesite also houses the tombs of Edith Piaf and Oscar Wilde and has long been a site for fans of the rocker to pay their respects in the area known as Poet's Corner. Paris' official tourism website states that crowds gather there on the anniversary of Morrison's death on July 3 every year.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
Verb
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The authority said its preliminary assessment is that three excavators and six trucks were buried by the landslide.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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Video of the mudslide shows large mounds of debris racing down the mountain before burying the village of Batten.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
29 May 2025
Verb
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Today, the base lies entombed beneath at least 100 feet of ice.—
Isabel van Brugen
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Following the service, Francis’ coffin was transported in the white popemobile over the River Tiber to be entombed in Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2025
Verb
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She’s now interred in Milwaukee after a Chicago freeway expansion required the relocation of her cemetery.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
6 May 2025
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After the funeral in the Vatican, Francis’ body will be transported there to be interred.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Police vans and hearses were among the only available vehicles large enough to transport someone lying down.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 May 2025
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Decorated hearses ferry visitors past the Mercer Williams House Museum, where an antiques dealer shot his lover and inspired the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.—
John von Sothen,
airmail.news,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffin. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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