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charnels

noun

variants also charnel houses

plural of charnel

as in tombs

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In July 2025, utility workers excavating trenches to expand an underground gas network in Peru's capital unearthed two pre-Incan tombs that were over 1,000 years old.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
There has been prior research on the reuse of tombs in Thebes.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of tombs

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But Timeless is the first release of unheard recordings since 2023, and fans grew restless in the interim, circulating petitions and open letters asking for more from Prince’s storied vaults.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026
Achord bounces on his toes like an impatient little kid watching his guys work, stomps his right foot on the ground and vaults his right arm forward to demonstrate how someone should return a kick.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of vaults

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One captures a white concrete community mausoleum, its crypts often empty, like absent teeth cavities, its coffins stolen presumably for anything valuable inside.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
In Culiacan, in neighboring Sinaloa state, home to a cartel of the same name, there is a cemetery known for its luxury crypts and mausoleums for one-time kingpins like Ignacio Coronel - an old associate of El Mencho - and Arturo Beltrán Leyva.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026

Definition of crypts

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Last month, a mural in Tehran’s Palestine Square depicted members of the First Family above coffins draped in American flags.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Draped in Palestinian flags, the coffins were carried through streets filled with nationalist songs and chants.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

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