burial
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It allows Indigenous leaders to discuss the location and details of sensitive information — such as burial sites — confidentially, before draft environmental reviews are published.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Most of the dogs were adults at the time of burial.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
The double survey begins with burial goods, as most tours of Chinese art do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Medina, the burial place of the Prophet Mohammed and home to the Prophet's Mosque, is one of Islam's holiest cities alongside Mecca.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
“The earrings are worth enough to buy me a coffin and a burial, wherever I die.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Congo has capped the number of people who can attend burials at 20.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Archaeologists work with excavated burials; “The Road to Hel” leads to the meanings behind the objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Meanwhile, in Chitwan, a district far downstream from where the floods first hit, makeshift burials were taking place after the Himalayan nation's river systems brought nearly 300 dead bodies to its banks.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
The dead are traditionally cremated on funeral pyres in Hindu-majority Nepal, and the burials are viewed as long-term storage until families can retrieve them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
“I can get behind those burials, I think,” I say.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -al, -ial
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"Taste of Salt" by Frances Collins, Chapters 13–18
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