bury
verb (used with object)
to put in the ground and cover with earth.
Example Sentences
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At every turn, Schoenbrun buries the movie alive, heaping layer upon layer of meta subtext onto it.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Instead, Microsoft buries Azure inside a segment called “Intelligent Cloud” that includes legacy software, forcing investors to guess where the legacy products end and the real cloud growth begins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The road ahead is still uncertain as Iran buries the last of the first-generation founders of its 1979 revolution.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Dozens of crumbling buildings in Venezuela's decimated earthquake zone bear a spray-painted letter 'D' -- a sign that buries any hope of finding life beneath the rubble.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
“But this one, Aragog, the first one Hagrid ever got, it died last night. He’s devastated. He wants company while he buries it and I said I’d go.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
