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When the prime minister addresses the cabinet, not far away in 10 Downing Street, he is primus inter pares, first among equals, sitting among his or her ministers.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

The museum has an ethical obligation to “exhaust all means” of finding people’s names and families before deciding to inter them, she says.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2024

At Hollywood Forever, and just about every other cemetery, you can inter a box or urn of ashes in the ground under a gravestone, where you’d lay the casket in a traditional burial.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2023

Baby boomers, a reputedly upbeat lot, are probably not considering whether there will be enough space to inter them after they’ve all died.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023

“Ar, I always knew yeh’d find it hard ter squeeze me inter yer timetables,” he said gruffly, pouring them more tea.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling