entombed

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We’ll have robot cars, robocops, terminators and a fully functioning Skynet that grades social status from Instagram likes—unless we’re all entombed Matrix-like in pods wearing Neurolinks to capture our psychic energy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

In scenes that resemble a dystopian sci-fi movie, their widespread use has left swathes of frontline cities and fields entombed in webs of cable.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

The remains of many of Dublin's most influential 17th, 18th and 19th Century families are also entombed in St Michan's.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

“This beast will be entombed with a cherished woman whose spirit it must guide to Kier's door,” Mr. Drummond says.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2025

As daylight faded, I was entombed in a world darker than any night could bring.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi