inurning

verb

present participle of inurn
as in immuring

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  1. putting away
  2. burying
  3. enshrining
  4. entombing
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  • Joe also takes the chance to collaborate with Coop on a new and more effective system for putting away the toys, which is a relief to Coop.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But no series ostensibly for children has worked harder to guilt-trip adults into taking better care of their pets or belongings than the Toy Story movies, in which the mere act of putting away playthings is tantamount to mass murder.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
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  • The 19-year-old left-hander could not get out of the first inning, burying low Single-A Lake Elsinore early in a 21-2 loss to visiting San José.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Without adequate reinforcement, shifting ground can cause tunnels to collapse suddenly, burying miners within seconds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of burying
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  • Drake’s midlife crisis is seemingly less about shoring up his legacy as a legendary artist than enshrining himself as a historic main character capable of capturing the public’s attention by appealing to its most base instincts.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Those realities have not prevented the teams themselves from enshrining the guilty, or the allegedly guilty.
    — Mac Engel July 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
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  • The entrance of the cave was filled with concrete, entombing the body inside.
    — Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
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