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bury

verb as in conceal, cover

verb as in plant in ground

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verb as in engross oneself

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“We both looked like we need to be buried,” Parton joked about the fake photo.

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Embers can get buried in tree roots or underbrush covered by heavy ash and then later be freed by strong winds.

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The smart shops and restaurants running down to the beach are now pockmarked with shrapnel and bullet holes, the park with its French-manicured trees, is buried under grey rubble.

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One of those, a woman in her 40s, was buried without a single person attending her funeral.

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Another woman told the BBC that her husband, who had been stuck in the storm, barely slept in his tent because he was afraid of being buried in the snow.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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