barrow
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It revealed a Bronze Age barrow - an ancient burial mound - with the cremated bones of several people contained inside five closely-packed urns.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
"Is that a marrow on your barrow, Clara?"
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
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
Fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire on Dec. 17, 2010 after a local official confiscated his barrow.
From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2022
“Would’e build a house wit barrow stones? Would yeh dig something out o’ a barrow an’ give it to your daughter as a wedding present?”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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