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bury

verb as in conceal, cover

verb as in plant in ground

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verb as in engross oneself

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They were also performed for the first time in 320 years at the St Thomas Church in Leipzig, where Bach is buried and served as a cantor for 27 years.

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I refuse to bury the Chiefs, because they have torched me so many times—presuming their inevitable demise, only to see clever coach Andy Reid pull off another victory by the walrus whiskers.

It was brutally exposed by an Argentina side who should have been dead and buried long before their epic comeback.

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This is in addition to the voluminous effort spanning six nights and 12 hours that reasserts, among many truths, Burns’ dedication to exhuming the rocky facts buried underneath convenient mythmaking.

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A site visit last month still listed risks in several categories, due to chemicals possibly buried within the soil from an old gas works that was nearby.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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