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as in interred
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
he died on Tuesday and was buried on Friday
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as in concealed
to put into a hiding place
buried his face in his hands as his wife recounted the embarrassing incident
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as in bombed
to defeat by a large margin
if we don't work harder, the other softball team will bury us
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Recent Examples of buried
Nancy Borowick, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
All of my grandparents are buried here.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
For instance, the graves of some veterans buried at Arlington National Cemetery list spouses who are buried elsewhere.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
Astrology had never been something on my internal dashboard, an unopened Rand McNally buried in the backseat.
—Rebekah Pahl, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The women called rescue services to say they were buried by debris for seven hours after the attack late Tuesday in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s Emergency Services said, as deadly Russian strikes on civilian areas continue in the almost three-year war.
—Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The bodies are buried with their heads to the west in three north-south rows, but nearly all of their gravestones have sunk below the surface.
—Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The arrest came the same day Thompson was buried in Minnesota, according to officials.
—Michael Loria, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
Only 16, her life thrown away, strangled, wrapped in a rug, and buried in cement.
—Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
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The roots of the tree grow and are nourished by Naomi's ashes, which are buried deep beneath the soil.
—Nancy Borowick, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
All of my grandparents are buried here.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
For instance, the graves of some veterans buried at Arlington National Cemetery list spouses who are buried elsewhere.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
Astrology had never been something on my internal dashboard, an unopened Rand McNally buried in the backseat.
—Rebekah Pahl, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The women called rescue services to say they were buried by debris for seven hours after the attack late Tuesday in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s Emergency Services said, as deadly Russian strikes on civilian areas continue in the almost three-year war.
—Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The bodies are buried with their heads to the west in three north-south rows, but nearly all of their gravestones have sunk below the surface.
—Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The arrest came the same day Thompson was buried in Minnesota, according to officials.
—Michael Loria, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
Only 16, her life thrown away, strangled, wrapped in a rug, and buried in cement.
—Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buried
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Think of this as your chance to give the gift of wine discovery; a hidden gem that’s not yet on the radar of many wine drinkers — but one that’s sure to please whether it’s enjoyed this holiday, or in the years ahead.Erica Duecy, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The move also shuts down the risk of normalizing hidden data.Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024
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The dark patterns somehow concealed these in-game purchases from gamers.Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2024
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Surveillance images from the shooting show the man wearing a hooded jacket and a mask that concealed most of his face -- a look that would not have attracted attention on a chilly morning.MICHAEL BALSAMO AND MICHAEL R. SISAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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The Syrian civil war, up to last week, was the tedious winnowing process in which the Assad government bombed, killed, and terrorized Syrians into either fleeing the country or submitting to him.Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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The memoir is also getting review-bombed on sites like Goodreads with one-star ratings before anyone has read a page.Timothy Bella, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
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The Franklin Fire ignited Monday night after days of extremely dangerous fire conditions when Santa Ana winds whipped across the region.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Before turning back, many of them whipped out their phones to snap a photo of the divers.Cedar Attanasio and Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Comments are vague and unhelpful, ownership falls into the void, and version control is nonexistent.Shani Harmon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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That may sound vague and grandiose, but a specific kind of expansion has recently been in evidence among many of the best new films.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
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Passing power is readily available and the ten-speed is amenable to being flattened when trying to hit a closing gap in traffic.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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One airstrike flattened a residential building in the urban Bureij refugee camp Sunday afternoon, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the nearby city of Deir al-Balah, where the casualties were taken.WAFAA SHURAFA AND SAMY MAGDY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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There are also far too many songs in A Complete Unknown—most are profoundly affecting, but a few ought to have been strategically trimmed.Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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The hope is that NASA will use its limited budget to continue to fund this kind of research, but the worry is that as costs get trimmed with a focus on human exploration of the Moon and Mars, work that doesn’t have an obvious and immediate practical application will fall by the wayside.Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2024
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Remarkably, Barcelona has averaged more than five second-half goals per game in its last five outings, having recently thrashed Granada, Madrid CFF and Espanyol.Jamie Barton, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
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With 10 men, Barca succumbed to their visitors and were thrashed 4-1 on the night resulting in a 6-4 aggregate score overall.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Buried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buried. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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