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bury

[ber-ee] / ˈbɛr i /


VERB
plant in ground
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"We're waiting to recover the body so we can bury her," he told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

After seeing JPMorgan leaders repeatedly attempt to bury the issues she raised, Lillie sought whistleblower protections and disclosed her concerns to the Justice Department, U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Families of victims of a disgraced funeral boss who failed to bury or cremate people say they feel "really, really let down" and no sentence "could ever be enough".

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Former undertaker Robert Bush has admitted 67 offences, including failing to bury and cremate people.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The day we bury Reverend Hunt it is rainy and cold.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

The commission is a German non-profit organisation that searches, recovers and buries the war dead on behalf of the German government.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Dozens of crumbling buildings in Venezuela's decimated earthquake zone bear a spray-painted letter 'D' -- a sign that buries any hope of finding life beneath the rubble.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

A revamped Rose Garden that buries the past and statues that diminish what the people they depict stood for.

From Slate May 18, 2026

She buries some of her most colorful observations in the endnotes.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

She buries her feet in the sand until she is planted, rooted as the palms, rooted as the gnarled gardenia tree.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

The landslide buried the first floor of an apartment building in the south-eastern city of Geoje on Monday morning.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

"Our focus will be on locating the victims who are buried under the rubble" said Fathur, adding the rescue effort had been complicated by landslides cutting off several roads.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Though not immediately visible to the naked eye, the ranch features a number of infrastructural updates, including automated irrigation and a fire suppression system that runs off an 18,000-gallon tank buried underground.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Archaeologists have discovered dogs buried beside humans in graves as old as 14,000 years.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

Leah was buried at New York’s elegant Green-Wood Cemetery, portrayed in this 1867 lithograph much like the heavenly Spiritualist Summerland.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

After months of burying the accusations, and more than two years of dithering, the International Criminal Court at last fired its prosecutor, Karim Khan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

As international rescue teams packed up and ended attempts to find survivors, attention shifted to mourning those lost and burying the remains that families have recovered from the ruins.

From Barron's Jul. 5, 2026

After James and his wife had difficulty conceiving, he had what he describes as an "ostrich moment"; months of burying his head in the sand while his partner went through all the checks and tests.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Reduce emissions, ultimately, by capturing them and burying them underground.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

Sheriff Jackson must have the gift of prophesizing, ’cause I’ll be blanged if the days after Pa’s burying didn’t see me and Ma get two bowls of tater salad and four new horseshoes for Spangler.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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