variants
or sepulchers
as in tombs
a final resting place for a dead person
a poem describing the forgotten sepulcher of a valiant knight of the Middle Ages
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Noun
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Only two similar tombs had been identified in Poland since the 1930s, making these the third and fourth known examples in nearly a century.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Dec. 2025 -
The ease of access, without needing to join a wait for one of the bridges that span the Nile only sporadically here, creates unforgettable opportunities, like the chance to be the first person to walk into the valley, home to dozens of royal tombs, just after sunrise.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Two tipsters had told Carpenter that a man named Don Miller had stolen human remains and burial pieces from Native American graves along with other cultural artifacts from around the world.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
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Men, women and even children were shot into unmarked mass graves.—
Jesse Kirsch,
NBC news,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Sepulchres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepulchres. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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