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bury

[ber-ee] / ˈbɛr i /


VERB
plant in ground
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Griffin has the money, the access, the celebrity connections, and the book industry backing necessary to bury her classmate’s charges.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2026

“I don’t want to bury you,” he recalled her saying.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

“In Ituri, people want to bury their own family members.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Salah knows the implications of what he has said, about how Liverpool must return to being a "heavy metal attacking team" and he is trying to bury Slot.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Before the banks were reliable, people used to stuff their belongings in jars and then bury them in the yard.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt




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