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burial

[ber-ee-uhl] / ˈbɛr i əl /


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The burial patterns showed that boys and girls often followed the same cemetery customs as adult men and women.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

The discovery of burial sites like the one here has long eaten away at relations between the neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

It's a place where, Earl Spencer told me, she could be safe from intrusion, and is marked as a burial place with a huge stone urn.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

“Be sure to outline specifics pertaining to burial or cremation and any desired music, readings or religious elements. Consider prepaying or prearranging funeral or memorial services.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

“In our correspondence,” she continues, “you asked about a burial plot. I won’t need a burial because there is nothing to bury. I don’t have a body.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Archaeologists work with excavated burials; “The Road to Hel” leads to the meanings behind the objects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai told reporters on Sunday the burials followed international protocols, adding that Nepal needed "more than a thousand" freezer units to store bodies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

These included both individual and multiple burials, along with objects associated with the dead.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

His sentencing hearing was told forms used to monitor and record burials and cremations had not been returned and, according to the prosecution, "not followed up by the assigned registrar".

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

The story droned on, speeded up for the attack, grew sad over the wounds, struck a dirge at the burials on the great plains.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck




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