Example Sentences

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Since 2021, the utility has buried more than 1,210 miles of power lines, greatly reducing wildfire risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Like Detectorists before it, this is a series that wrings emotion from the commonplace and everyday – only this time, the treasure Crook has buried is altogether more peculiar.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

But collectively, this “efficient” extraction has buried thousands of miles of streams, poisoned water supplies and left moonscapes where ancient mountains once stood.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

In the past, the government has buried shipwrecks in the sand so that they can be preserved if someone wants to dig them up and research them at a later time.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

It's like the system has buried me alive and I’m dead to the outside world.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson