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cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i /


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It is felt most strongly in the memorial garden on the site of the fallen school, and among the white arched monuments of the cemetery.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Janelle Monáe is absolutely drenched in fake blood and standing in the middle of a cemetery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Armand considers a series of increasingly sinister explanations as he tries to make sense of Daisy’s back story and how it might relate to the body in the cemetery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The burial patterns showed that boys and girls often followed the same cemetery customs as adult men and women.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

He looked out over the cemetery, where bright green grass contrasted with the faded marble of tombstones, and the tombstones reflected the cold gray of the sky.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

Doan Van Cong, 68, and his family spent years touring cemeteries and talking to witnesses to discover what happened to his uncle, who died in 1950, when he was in his early 20s.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

A representative for the cemeteries did not immediately respond to comment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Turrell spoke movingly of the close friends he lost during the campaign, some of whom he buried in the field, and who are now buried in Commonwealth war cemeteries on the continent.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Odd Arne Westad begins “The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings From History” with a poignant and haunting visit to World War I memorials and cemeteries in France.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

In the fall of 1980, Maya Lin was a senior at Yale University, taking a class on funereal architecture, studying how cemeteries and monuments reflect attitudes toward death.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge


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