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past tense of burke
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to keep from being publicly known
- the executives knew that the drug had dangerous side effects, but they burked the findings
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“Burked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burked. Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.
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