a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground
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Meanwhile, a new project exploring Pompeii uncovered a stone staircase that could reconstruct what the ancient Roman city’s skyline once looked like before a volcanic eruption in AD 79 entombed it in a thick layer of ash.—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025 The entrance of the cave was filled with concrete, entombing the body inside.—Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025 His body remains entombed there along with 18 other men who were sealed inside.—Margie Mason, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025 Although the city demolished the long-vacant behemoth from its modest skyline about nine months ago, its remains lie entombed where the building once stood, and temporarily block the beginning of a new chapter of Marysville history.—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for entomb
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Middle English entoumben, from Middle French entomber, from en- + tombe tomb
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