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barrow

[bar-oh] / ˈbær oʊ /


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The barrow was among 11 Anglo-Saxon burial mounds dating to the 6th to 7th Centuries.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

Aged 15, he was selling mobile phone accessories from a barrow in the capital Lagos and sending money home.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2023

One recent night under a freezing drizzle, a man named Zarlialai, 40, leaned against his rusty barrow.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023

Dr. Obermaier’s survey of the local terrain pointed to the presence of a long barrow, an elongated stone monument to the dead.

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2022

Mauthen had dug up barrow stones and found something buried there.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss


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