inter
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Having said that, the inter will always be preferred simply because it is much more flexible - it can be used in quite heavy rain right up to when it's almost dry.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025
The museum has an ethical obligation to “exhaust all means” of finding people’s names and families before deciding to inter them, she says.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2024
On Monday afternoon, half a dozen gravediggers took a break in the shade, waiting for the latest coffin to inter at the cemetery, called Lychakiv.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2023
Christopher Taktak, Pisces’ chief executive, said a solution that is mostly warm water takes about four hours to leave behind bone material that people will inter or take home.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2023
“Said she was jus’ lookin’ round the grounds, but I reckon she was hopin’ she might run inter someone else at my house.”
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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