buried

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At the same time, the lower portion stays buried in moist soil, maintaining hydration even during dry conditions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

Bishop’s mother and sister also are buried at the cemetery.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Durham Police and Durham County Council will work with a local undertaker to perform a funeral later this month, with the child to be buried in Bishop Auckland cemetery.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Crucially, it held on to its stockpile of nearly 1,000 pounds of near weapons-grade uranium—half of it buried in caskets in a tunnel deep under its Isfahan nuclear site, according to the U.N. atomic agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

I turned to Mutti and buried my head in her shoulder, both of us weeping uncontrollably.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo