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Recent Examples of catacomb
Players explore the environment using a slew of weapons and magic spells in hidden dungeons, caves, catacombs and more.
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Caroline Blair, People.com, 23 May 2025
Created and written by George R.R. Martin and Hidetaka Miyazaki, the original video game is an open-world third-person game where gamers can explore six different areas set in the Lands Between and travel through dungeons, catacombs, and more.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 22 May 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
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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Caroline Blair, People.com, 23 May 2025
Created and written by George R.R. Martin and Hidetaka Miyazaki, the original video game is an open-world third-person game where gamers can explore six different areas set in the Lands Between and travel through dungeons, catacombs, and more.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 22 May 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
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
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Firemen in their command center calm the fears of the locals who call in, law enforcement tracks down tomb robbers, while in the port of Torre Annunziata, Syrian tankers unload Ukrainian grain.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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Research on ancient Egypt is largely biased toward the elite, whose spectacular tombs, monuments, and artifacts have been the dominant focus.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The company is on track to add thousands of AARP members to its digital vault this year, with the expectation of more than doubling its number of users by 2026.—
Laura Layden,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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Once the coffin was brought into the chapel with an honor guard, the archbishop blessed their remains, and each pallbearer was given a box to carry to the burial vault for interment.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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In Saunders’s afterlife, various spirits join Willie, Lincoln’s eleven-year-old son who has died from typhoid fever, while his father grieves in the crypt.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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In April, a special agent in the Wisconsin Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation, got a search warrant to search Kemmer's crypt at the Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum for bones, hair and teeth to search for DNA evidence to move the case forward.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Catacomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catacomb. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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