entombed

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In scenes that resemble a dystopian sci-fi movie, their widespread use has left swathes of frontline cities and fields entombed in webs of cable.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

“You can tell a lot about a street by the type of chairs and how they’re placed,” said Knapp, who walked 2.5 miles round trip for groceries and beer while his car was entombed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

And, in the San Francisco Bay Area, burrowing rodents may be digging into entombed trash at a landfill-turned-park, unloosing explosive levels of methane.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

The remains of many of Dublin's most influential 17th, 18th and 19th Century families are also entombed in St Michan's.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

Gradually the reason for his silence was hidden away, entombed somewhere deep in the soothing folds of the fact of it.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy