INURNED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

inurned

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past tense of inurn

as in interred

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On June 26 of this year, Bloch, a Jew who identified as such only when dealing with anti-Semites, was interred in the Pantheon, the final resting place of so many of France’s great literary and cultural figures.

— Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
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

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Massive amounts of rocks and soil roared down a slope and buried more than 10 residential buildings early Friday in Pengshui County on the outskirts of Chongqing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
After careful physical analysis of six ancient princesses buried beneath the pyramids at Dahshur, researchers now have an answer.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026

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Spontaneous applause erupted — and even some tears were shed — at the battered parking structure where Gil had been entombed since the two temblors struck within seconds of each other on June 24.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Hall today is entombed at the Signers’ Monument in Augusta alongside Walton.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 30 June 2026

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With pacifism enshrined in its post-war constitution and culture, Japan has for decades had to rely on co-operation with US military intelligence support.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 16 July 2026
The goal of the project is to spur civic engagement and foster connection between Los Gatans by inspiring them to reflect on the rights enshrined in the Constitution.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 14 July 2026

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