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Noun
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Funds will go toward funeral expenses and to support his wife.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025 -
The song has been reprised several times for different charitable causes over the years, and in 2009, versions of the song were performed at Jackson's funeral.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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And so, with no water left at the surface, major subduction zones would grind to a halt, preventing the entombment of carbon dioxide.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Help came in the form of a shy, 15-year-old named Justin Vannelli who, on the third day of her entombment, was picking up trash along the interstate.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 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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Romer covers a lot — the first baseball game in Japan, how the San Francisco Seals figured into all of this, World War II, Japanese interment camps, the Giants, and more.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Maryland officials reinterred 65 of the state's earliest settlers in a powerful ceremony more than 300 years after the settlers' first burials.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Some wear kittles, white burial shrouds, to signify repentance, according to History.—
Krys'tal Griffin,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Researchers say the burying of the hoard is not a mystery, but why the community never came back for their treasured items is another thing entirely.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Embalmment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embalmment. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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