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[toom] / tum /


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The state media broadcast featured the 42-year-old dictator paying homage to the deceased, scattering dirt over one tomb and laying a white rose on another.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution examines the remains of 132 individuals buried in a large megalithic tomb near Bury, about 50 kilometers north of Paris.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

Preaching on St John's Gospel, the archbishop will tell the congregation that Jesus Christ's resurrection began while Mary waited at his tomb in grief.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

But it was only in 1818, after excavations carried out in utmost secrecy, that his tomb was rediscovered.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

This is the tomb world and I am in it again, but this time you’re not here, too.

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




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