entombed; entombing; entombs
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a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground
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Death also brought the queens were closer together than ever before: On James’ command, they were entombed opposite each other in Westminster Abbey.
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Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
But there's already a Mount McKinley of sorts, in Canton, Ohio, right between I-77 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame: A magnificent mausoleum to our 25th President, William McKinley, entombed there alongside his wife, Ida.
—Mo Rocca, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025
Behind the closet door lay her old ambitions, entombed.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
On Friday afternoon, divers on a D.C. police boat maneuvered through slabs of ice atop the water and recovered the second of two dead bodies—a pickup truck had careened off the Memorial Bridge and been entombed under the surface.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
But there's already a Mount McKinley of sorts, in Canton, Ohio, right between I-77 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame: A magnificent mausoleum to our 25th President, William McKinley, entombed there alongside his wife, Ida.
—Mo Rocca, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025
Behind the closet door lay her old ambitions, entombed.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
On Friday afternoon, divers on a D.C. police boat maneuvered through slabs of ice atop the water and recovered the second of two dead bodies—a pickup truck had careened off the Memorial Bridge and been entombed under the surface.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Entomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entomb. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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