burial
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Ross Kemp was pre-selected by the traitors to be protected from burial along with his grave partner Romesh Ranganathan, who did a delightful dance when he found out he wouldn't be going underground.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Medina, the burial place of the Prophet Mohammed and home to the Prophet's Mosque, is one of Islam's holiest cities alongside Mecca.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The discovery of burial sites like the one here has long eaten away at relations between the neighbors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
That means nearly 40 percent of the individuals carried evidence of plague, a detection rate even higher than that reported at some medieval plague burial sites.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Human forms swaddled in burial shrouds rather than bandages, dirt dusting their skin, their eyes and mouths covered with chunks of shattered pottery.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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"A month and a half later, four people were able to be identified and there were four burials," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Archaeologists work with excavated burials; “The Road to Hel” leads to the meanings behind the objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The dead are traditionally cremated on funeral pyres in Hindu-majority Nepal, and the burials are viewed as long-term storage until families can retrieve them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
In earlier burials, the arms were usually extended, while some later individuals had an arm folded inward.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
As the days marched along, burials rose in number, reaching eighty on September 17.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -al, -ial
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"Taste of Salt" by Frances Collins, Chapters 13–18
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