buried

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When buried, these grains trap electrons from natural radiation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

Celestina Bishop said she’s considering selling Woodlawn Celestial Garden, where her mother and sister are buried, along with Civil War veterans.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Crucially, it held on to its stockpile of nearly 1,000 pounds of near weapons-grade uranium—half of it buried in caskets in a tunnel deep under its Isfahan nuclear site, according to the U.N. atomic agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

It soon filled up with so much generated content that the real articles were buried.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

If a block’s been roped off because there’s an unexploded bomb buried in the street, people just go round another way.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin