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Time will tell if Mr. Macron, whose approval ratings have also sunk to the depths of the Paris catacombs, will seek to benefit from the city’s Olympic triumph.
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Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024
Hidden underneath the road is a network of catacombs containing the remains of Christian converts.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2024
Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment takes guests deep into the catacombs of Frankenstein Manor, where Dr. Victoria Frankenstein conducts her twisted experiments.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 20 June 2024
At some point a local official in Paris suggested the catacombs under the city be emptied and sent to sugar factories.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 2 Apr. 2024
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Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024
Hidden underneath the road is a network of catacombs containing the remains of Christian converts.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2024
Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment takes guests deep into the catacombs of Frankenstein Manor, where Dr. Victoria Frankenstein conducts her twisted experiments.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 20 June 2024
At some point a local official in Paris suggested the catacombs under the city be emptied and sent to sugar factories.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 2 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catacomb
Noun
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The Etruscans, a pre-Roman group who resided in the area in the first millennium B.C.E., left behind tombs, a pyramid and miscellaneous structures.Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
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Henry Harrison Getty was a wealthy lumber merchant who had the tomb constructed after the death of his wife Carrie Eliza in 1890.Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
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The coin collection was stashed in two safe deposit boxes stored for more than 40 years in a vault at a Manhattan Citibank on Park Avenue.Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 4 Nov. 2024
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Fleming’s friend Dan Neil worked for Auburn’s Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art and remembers taking Dorje Chang’s gifted art to the museum’s vaults.Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 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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In the crypt, things are looking grim for Pope and Sarah, who are trapped below ground with seemingly no way out.Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Catacomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catacomb. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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