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
In 1998, 14 years after the Vietnam-era soldier’s entombment, he was exhumed and positively identified as Air Force Lt.
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
Very few survived entombment in these mines for more than three years.
From Tales Of Hearsay by Joseph Conrad
