entombed
Example Sentences
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By then, it was too late for many entombed in the detritus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
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
Many of Tehran’s nuclear assets are entombed inside bombed facilities or at less-affected sites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 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
Pioneers opened their front doors and saw they’d been entombed in snow overnight.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
