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bury

[ber-ee] / ˈbɛr i /


VERB
plant in ground
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"I definitely lead a lot with my head and try and push aside, bury my emotion."

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Acme has spent the past several years in cinematic purgatory after its original studio tried to bury it for a tax write-off.

From Slate Sep. 1, 2026

The floods and landslides that struck Nepal and China's autonomous Tibet region saw a tsunami-like wall of water bury homes, smash bridges and sweep away vehicles.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

I don’t want to bury that under caveats.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

I take the wasp’s body outside and bury it.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

At every turn, Schoenbrun buries the movie alive, heaping layer upon layer of meta subtext onto it.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

The commission is a German non-profit organisation that searches, recovers and buries the war dead on behalf of the German government.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Dozens of crumbling buildings in Venezuela's decimated earthquake zone bear a spray-painted letter 'D' -- a sign that buries any hope of finding life beneath the rubble.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

She padlocks the gate when she returns and buries witchy talismans around the property to ward off intruders.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Then she buries her head against my shoulder.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

A woman whose baby was taken from her in a forced adoption aged 16 has said important questions about the UK's mother-and-baby homes remain unanswered, including how many children were buried in unmarked graves.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Continental said the field it plans to explore sits north of Venezuela’s Orinoco River in the state of Anzoátegui, encompassing 126,000 acres with an estimated 30 billion barrels of oil resources buried underground.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Some shipwrecks are partly or completely buried beneath sediment, which can greatly reduce their ability to release pollutants into the surrounding water.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

But 63-year-old Munoz, who hopes to be buried in her tribe's traditional burial ground, said she would not leave, even if a backhoe flattened her home.

From Barron's

Then he buried it and waited for the next bone.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

"In the Wasatch, the mountains themselves are eroding and burying the snow, and that's why the rock glaciers exist," Anderson noted.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

One of them was a former Monsanto worker who spent three years helping to seal toxic waste underground and said staff had "cheap" protective equipment and were not told what they were burying.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

The burying of the hatchet is a great relief for Edwards, who was troubled by the tension between his colleagues during their time on “Good Day L.A.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

After months of burying the accusations, and more than two years of dithering, the International Criminal Court at last fired its prosecutor, Karim Khan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

It was as if he had given up; he had accepted the radioactive dirt and it had begun its job, long ago, of burying him.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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