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- noun Plural form of
tomb . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
tomb .
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Examples
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Anyway, Max got to see mummies (wrapped or in tombs, of course, not the actual bodies) and Roman sculptures.
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Their relatives, their children, their parents, their brothers and sisters and friends are buried alive in tombs of twisted and broken concrete, critically injured and screaming in pain, slowly dying from untreated infection – or worst of all, lying putrefying in the 80 degree heat in the rubble-filled streets.
Think Progress » Chavez Attacks U.S. Efforts In Haiti: ‘They Are Occupying Haiti Undercover’ 2010
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From 1955 to 1972, archeologists have unearthed a large number of cowries in tombs in Yunnan, amounting to more than 260,000 pieces and over 700 kilograms. 36 All these tombs are dated up to time before the Qin unified China and demonstrate that cowries were present in Yunnan before the late third century BCE.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Their fathers are employed to repair and maintain tombs while their mothers maintain the house, which could be the family mausoleum or the mausoleum of their employers.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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The Degollados focus on art found in tombs and burial sites found in western Mexico, a region that includes the states of Jalisco, Nayarit, Aguascalientes, Michoacán, Colima and Guanajuato.
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Their fathers are employed to repair and maintain tombs while their mothers maintain the house, which could be the family mausoleum or the mausoleum of their employers.
Manila Living 2007
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The Degollados focus on art found in tombs and burial sites found in western Mexico, a region that includes the states of Jalisco, Nayarit, Aguascalientes, Michoacán, Colima and Guanajuato.
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From the top left, users can select one of 64 tombs of well-known pharaohs and unknown tombs from a drop down menu or users can scroll through using forward and back arrows.
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Theban Mapping Project 2007
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From the top left, users can select one of 64 tombs of well-known pharaohs and unknown tombs from a drop down menu or users can scroll through using forward and back arrows.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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There are the partial remains of caved in tombs and coffins amongst the riotous remains.
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