inurn

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Verb
  • An officer again asked if the dog was put away.
    City News Service, Daily News, 20 June 2026
  • And in Las Vegas, the Carolina Hurricanes put away the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 for their first Stanley Cup in 20 years.
    Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • If not for the hole, Johnson may have remained in relative obscurity in Spring Grove, a graveyard where the city’s historical elite are interred next to people who never made it into the news.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
  • After his lie in state honor at the Idaho Capitol and a public funeral in May, Kempthorne was interred at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise.
    Kevin Fixler June 26, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • In the touring production presented by Broadway in Boston and inhumed at the Citizens Bank Opera House through May 14, the life we’re given gets all the bells and whistles, not to mention props and wisecracks.
    James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Mar. 2017
Verb
  • Despite the lack of goals, the game was exciting with end-to-end runs and missed chances that left fans of both teams groaning and burying their heads in their hands.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026
  • After receiving a pass in the right side of the box, Dembélé very patiently made his way to his left before burying yet another left-footed strike into the goal.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb.
    Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
Verb
  • America is a political and moral fact—the first community in which men set out in principle to enshrine freedom, responsible government, and human equality.
    Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • Trump signed the bill, enshrining their orders into law.
    Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 22 June 2026
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“Inurn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inurn. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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