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burial

[ber-ee-uhl] / ˈbɛr i əl /


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On Tuesday, a doctor at Muhimbili Hospital in Dar es Salaam told the BBC that vehicles marked "Municipal Burial Services" had been collecting bodies of those believed to have died in the protests.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Burial, “Dreamfear” “I am the lord of ecstasy” — hell yeah.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024

Both novels adeptly knit together Native mythology and the supernatural to address bigger issues: in “Sisters,” the fate of missing and murdered Indigenous women; in “Indian Burial Ground,” addiction and suicide.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024

But he knew the people behind the Anson Street African Burial Ground Project, having worked with many of them before on similar efforts to preserve the region’s Black history.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2024

“I want you to read the Burial Service.”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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