entombment

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Massive blast doors that looked like they belonged on the largest bank vault in the universe were supposed to keep us safe, though in a nuclear war they might only have ensured our entombment.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

“She had a double affection for the two countries,” Ms. Baker’s daughter, Marianne Bouillon-Baker, said at an American reception on the eve of the entombment.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2021

Now, 100 years after the first entombment, Blassie’s exhumation is part of a broader challenge to “the nationalist ideology” that the tombs represent, said Michael J. Allen, a history professor at Northwestern University.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2021

The air inside felt stale, and I started to imagine all of the souls that once resided in this icy entombment.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2021

In the version given by Mr. Whitley Stokes there is no mention of Odran's grave having been uncovered after his entombment.

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona