entombment
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Massive blast doors that looked like they belonged on the largest bank vault in the universe were supposed to keep us safe, though in a nuclear war they might only have ensured our entombment.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025
KRAKOW, Poland — On a slab in the middle of the stage is the body of an elderly man, being prepared for entombment.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2023
“She had a double affection for the two countries,” Ms. Baker’s daughter, Marianne Bouillon-Baker, said at an American reception on the eve of the entombment.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
Now, 100 years after the first entombment, Blassie’s exhumation is part of a broader challenge to “the nationalist ideology” that the tombs represent, said Michael J. Allen, a history professor at Northwestern University.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
Abdu’l-Ḥamíd and the formal entombment of the Báb’s remains on Mt.
From God Passes By by Shoghi Effendi
