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buried

[ber-eed] / ˈbɛr id /
ADJECTIVE
concealed
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ADJECTIVE
engrossed
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They gave the U.S. a perpetual concession for the cemetery where most of those fallen Americans are buried.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

But it was generations of American workers who strung the telegraph wire, laid the railroad tracks, and built the interstate highways and buried the fiber.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Graells suggested that part of the cargo may have become buried beneath the sand immediately after the accident, preventing recovery efforts at the time.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

But he watched in disbelief as tonnes of colliery waste poured down the hillside and buried part of the junior school.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Maybe he knew where all the gold was buried.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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