a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground
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Hall today is entombed at the Signers’ Monument in Augusta alongside Walton.—
Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
30 June 2026 In downtown Miami, the contours of a prehistoric Tequesta village and burial site lie entombed under a Whole Foods and a Joe & the Juice.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026 Lick died at age 80 just a few months later and is entombed at the observatory.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026 The sunken battleship entombs more than 900 sailors and Marines at Pearl Harbor.—
Jim Mustian,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for entomb
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Etymology
Middle English entoumben, from Middle French entomber, from en- + tombe tomb