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cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i /


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People reached by the Journal reported seeing masses of bodies in morgues and cemeteries and believed the death toll to be higher than what’s been acknowledged by authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Bishop owns dogs—including a Cane Corso named Ghost—that patrol her cemetery.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many found a city with barely functioning services, their homes destroyed and neighbourhoods pockmarked by makeshift cemeteries authorities are now exhuming.

From Barron's

The actress was later buried at a hillside cemetery overlooking the Mediterranean.

From BBC

Her funeral will take place on Wednesday in Saint-Tropez, southern France, where she lived for decades, in a cemetery overlooking her home and the Mediterranean.

From BBC