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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bury.

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Examples

  • Cornish again buries a likable protagonist and perfectly viable plot under a mountain of obscure words and pretentious prose in this overweight sequel.

    Lamplighter by D. M. Cornish: Book summary 2010

  • As much as Montclair talks about race, Franklin buries the subject.

    USATODAY.com 2002

  • The Politico has just posted a story on Joe Lieberman's battle to hang on to his plum committee slot, but Politico kind of buries the lede.

    Anti-Lieberman Campaign 2009

  • The Politico has just posted a story on Joe Lieberman's battle to hang on to his plum committee slot, but Politico kind of buries the lede.

    Lieberman Aide Threatens Reid: He'll Bolt Dem Caucus 2009

  • How thoroughly such persons separated into small communities and settled down in every part of the county may be ascertained by the many "buries" found at a little distance from the town or village -- Redbourn-bury,

    Hertfordshire Herbert Winckworth Tompkins 1901

  • They also ran an unlocked shout-replacement system with very open calls for diggs and buries which is still available for now.

    FAZED 2010

  • They also ran an unlocked shout-replacement system with very open calls for diggs and buries which is still available for now.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2010

  • They also ran an unlocked shout-replacement system with very open calls for diggs and buries which is still available for now.

    FAZED 2010

  • Israel kills 61 Palestinians as Gaza 'buries' peace process

    Raw Story 2009

  • UPDATE: Factsheet (PDF) kind of buries the lede in my view (everyone’s for this other stuff that comes before it in the document) but makes it clear that the answer is yes.

    Matthew Yglesias » Edwards Clarification 2007

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