INURNED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

inurned

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past tense of inurn

as in interred

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Following the service, the King will be interred in the Royal Mausoleum at Akershus Fortress, alongside the late King Haakon VII, Queen Maud, King Olav V & Crown Princess Märtha.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026
Nisa Torer, 14, and 56-year-old Nihat Balyemez were interred in the southern city of Gaziantep, while Huseyin Ozdemir was buried in Silifke, Mersin province.

— Andrew Wilks, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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In June, in a southeastern area facing a prolonged dry spell, men abducted a rainmaker named Albino Lobillia and buried him alive, according to witnesses.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Earlier this year, Harry and Meghan, with their children, visited Diana’s ancestral home, where she is buried on a small island closed to the public.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

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Country music icon Dolly Parton will be entombed next to her husband Carl Thomas Dean in Tennessee.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
The consensus seems to be that these bizarre objects, which were first discovered in 2022, are growing supermassive black holes entombed within huge clouds of gas that have spectrums similar to cool, red stars, such as red giants.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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The freedom to do so is enshrined in the very First Amendment to our Constitution.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Trump posted on Truth Social earlier this week that the renovation will not take place unless courts lift a judge’s order that has prohibited his name from being enshrined on the facade of the complex.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

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