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Choose Sauternes for golden dessert wines, Arcachon Bay for oysters, and Saint-Émilion’s limestone catacombs.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
The City Market redevelopment will expose historic catacombs in the $15 million plaza.
Congratulations to IndyStar's Dana Hunsinger Benbow, the first woman ever to be named Indiana's top sportswriter by NSMA.
—Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 10 Jan. 2025
One morning the four of us climbed the bell tower of the Monolithic church in Saint-Emilion, a medieval marvel, then descended, following a guide, into the subterranean nave and catacombs.
—Jo Rodgers, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
As Pope and Sarah search for an exit, a heavy storm rolls in, flooding the catacombs.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
The City Market redevelopment will expose historic catacombs in the $15 million plaza.
Congratulations to IndyStar's Dana Hunsinger Benbow, the first woman ever to be named Indiana's top sportswriter by NSMA.
—Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 10 Jan. 2025
One morning the four of us climbed the bell tower of the Monolithic church in Saint-Emilion, a medieval marvel, then descended, following a guide, into the subterranean nave and catacombs.
—Jo Rodgers, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
As Pope and Sarah search for an exit, a heavy storm rolls in, flooding the catacombs.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catacomb
Noun
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Its absence is tangible—a frost settling over the surfaces—making the place feel tomb-like.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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The aftermath of the Karen Read murder trials is starting to remind me of what supposedly happened to all the looters who robbed King Tut’s tomb in Egypt more than a century ago.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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An original vault with a steel door in the house’s basement has also been transformed into a panic room.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
23 Jan. 2026
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For an additional fee, guests can opt for a tennis package, which includes ninety minutes with a tennis pro on the club’s rare grass courts, two swag bags with ITHF merch, and a private tour of the grounds and museum vaults.—
Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The oldest part of the castle dates to the year 1000 and has a small frescoed crypt dedicated to San Lorenzo.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, at Mount Moriah, the graves Gerlach allegedly prayed on are old, ornate mausoleums and large crypt-like vaults, many from the 1800s.—
Joe Holden,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Catacomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catacomb. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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