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buried

[ber-eed] / ˈbɛr id /
ADJECTIVE
concealed
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ADJECTIVE
engrossed
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When his children pass away, he continues, maybe they’ll be buried on the moon, or on Mars.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

Since then, they have worked with control samples and real bodies buried in soil at a body farm to refine their methods further.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Even “all deeply buried nuclear facilities” would leave room for chicanery, as the facility beneath Pickaxe Mountain could be excluded as a “construction site.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The doula encouraged Behrens to broach difficult questions with her dying husband - including where he wanted to be buried and what he wanted his funeral to be like.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

When I finished one piece, I buried it and waited for Adek to give me a signal.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman