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as in burial
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
the final sepulture of the body had to wait until the ground thawed
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Noun
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Firemen in their command center calm the fears of the locals who call in, law enforcement tracks down tomb robbers, while in the port of Torre Annunziata, Syrian tankers unload Ukrainian grain.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026 -
Located in San Pablo Huitzo, in the state of Oaxaca, the tomb was built by the Zapotec culture in around the year 600, according to a statement from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) last week.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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The elaborate nature of the burial site, adorned with a handwoven shell cap atop the boy’s head, along with shells, knives and all sorts of other ritual objects, may have been intended to ward off future evil events like the one that sealed this boy’s fate.—
Sara Novak,
Scientific American,
27 Jan. 2026
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Through burial, family and community come together to honor a life lived and to escort the soul forward with dignity, reverence, and love.—
Rabbi Moishe Kievman,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
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Beyond the gate are hundreds of white crosses, marking the graves of Parchman’s long-dead prisoners.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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And Carillo was brutally stabbed to death, her body tossed into a shallow grave that had been dug in the backyard behind the house.—
Kevin Maurer,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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During his campaign, Duterte compared himself favorably to Hitler, and encouraged citizens to open funeral parlors to accommodate the impending body count.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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But before the country could commemorate him, and ahead of his funeral Wednesday, forensic teams combed a cemetery in northern Gaza, working to locate, exhume and identify his remains as part of a broad effort involving search teams, intelligence officers and forensic dentists.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Sepulture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepulture. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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