burial
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The researchers say this suggests that gender identity was recognized from an early stage of life and was reflected in burial practices.
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
The damp dirt turns quickly to mud and the remainder of the burial is hastened to accommodate the weather.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Archaeologists work with excavated burials; “The Road to Hel” leads to the meanings behind the objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Overwhelmed by the number of bodies and without proper freezing facilities, Nepali authorities have had to begin burials before completing the identification process.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 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
I’d heard stories of old country burials with singers and dancers, but I wasn’t sure what to do, so we just dug a hole and said a passel of prayers.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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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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