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Recent Examples of charnelOut of this charnel house where an American flag hung at one end, technicians hoped to identify 388 sailors and Marines from the Oklahoma.—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024 Kfar Aza, a kibbutz close to the separation barrier with Gaza, was burned nearly to the ground: a charnel house.—Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 28 Oct. 2023 Kfar Aza, a kibbutz close to the separation barrier with Gaza, has been burned to the ground, a charnel house of mangled corpses.—Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 12 Oct. 2023 The senseless charnel houses of Verdun and the Somme found their match in Bakhmut.—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for charnel
In the crypt where St. Anthony was born, there is a contemporary tile panel illustrating a 1982 visit to the church by Pope John Paul II.
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Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Be sure to bring along a copy of Gabriel Garcia Marquez' Of Love and Demons for poolside reading—the illustrious crypt that inspired this spooky story is located right on the hotel grounds and Marquez’ house is just around the corner.
Spaces that formerly constituted the theater foyer and underground vault rooms were transformed into an expansive showroom spanning over three floors out of the total seven.
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Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
25 Feb. 2025
Sullivan graduates with school records in all-around and uneven bars, while Phillip holds the records on floor and vault.
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.
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Al Haas,
Philly.com,
28 June 2018
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.
Two small coffins return home, carrying the bodies of Israeli children who had barely begun to live.
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Laurence Bolotin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
However, Francis has decided against this, choosing instead to have his body placed in a coffin in St. Peter's Basilica, where thousands will pay their respects.
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