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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The ancient Romans built a vast network of aqueducts and canals to harness this semiaquatic environment, now entombed beneath modern Rome.
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Krista Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
At San Onofre — just yards from the shore break, on a bluff over the blue Pacific, in an active earthquake zone and close to 8 million residents — millions of pounds of waste are stranded, entombed in concrete, waiting for the federal government to figure out what the bloody heck to do with it.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
Footage of the pope's funeral Pope Francis' coffin has been entombed.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Stopped right there and buried partially under hundreds of pounds of ice; entombed.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
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Krista Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
At San Onofre — just yards from the shore break, on a bluff over the blue Pacific, in an active earthquake zone and close to 8 million residents — millions of pounds of waste are stranded, entombed in concrete, waiting for the federal government to figure out what the bloody heck to do with it.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
Footage of the pope's funeral Pope Francis' coffin has been entombed.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Stopped right there and buried partially under hundreds of pounds of ice; entombed.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for entomb
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“Entomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entomb. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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