Example Sentences

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If Gaetz's goal was burying the findings, he may have just ensured that they get much wider hearing than they would have if he had just kept quiet.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2024

Neanderthals painted cave walls, Homo heidelbergensis hunted large animals like rhinos and hippos, and some scientists think even the small-brained Homo naledi was burying its dead in South African cave systems.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2023

If H. naledi, with its small brain, was burying its dead, using fire as a light source and creating engravings, then scientists may need to rethink the connection between brain size and behavior.

From Scientific American • Jun. 5, 2023

Abhinandan Singh told reporters the baby was found by a villager who was burying his own daughter, who had died minutes after birth.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2019

The next morning Momma was burying Joey in all her clothes again.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis