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Recent Examples of charnel
Syrian butcher Bashar al-Assad, a key Iranian client, might be brought in from the cold and deemed a legitimate actor, twelve years into his run atop the largest charnel house in the world.
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The Editors, National Review, 13 Mar. 2023
Ukraine remains a charnel house while other areas — the Persian Gulf, the Korean peninsula, the Taiwan Strait — may erupt at any time.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 Mar. 2023
Above their heads: a charnel house of endangered trees.
—Scientific American, 15 Dec. 2021
Here, the passion Pearl feels is more charnel than carnal.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022
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The Editors, National Review, 13 Mar. 2023
Ukraine remains a charnel house while other areas — the Persian Gulf, the Korean peninsula, the Taiwan Strait — may erupt at any time.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 Mar. 2023
Above their heads: a charnel house of endangered trees.
—Scientific American, 15 Dec. 2021
Here, the passion Pearl feels is more charnel than carnal.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for charnel
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There are endless ruins to discover… the remains of villas, palaces, theaters, castles, churches, tombs, and more... The Paphos Mosaics are one of the finest examples of ancient mosaics in the Eastern Mediterranean and should absolutely be at the top of your must-see list.Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The fights are silly; the final scene in the tomb is bizarrely quick and awkward.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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Time to get back to Viti, tied up in the crypt and on the verge of freezing to death.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
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His remains are in an urn, in a crypt in the medieval cathedral in the town of Santiago de Compostela.Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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The trajectory of another famous figure in the Warner Bros. vault offers an example, Oberschelp says.Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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The owner kept the dime in an Ohio bank vault for more than 40 years.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Enclave, Buick’s large, three-row crossover, has been redesigned for 2018, allowing the automaker to finally place its predecessor in a sepulchre and seal the entrance.Al Haas, Philly.com, 28 June 2018
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The Garden Tomb, is believed by many to be the garden and sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathea, and therefore a possible site of the resurrection of Jesus.Joe Yudin, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
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Things go from bad to worse on the car ride to the ceremony to load Ronnie’s coffin onto a military transport plane back to the U.S.Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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The coffin interiors provide a contrasting color to the black.Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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Elsewhere, a black granite sarcophagus is meant to be an homage to AIDS victims; this, too, empties into bathos.Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 14 June 2024
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King James must be rolling over in his sarcophagus.Nolan Finley, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Charnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charnel. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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