tombstone

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In Ain Ebel's cemetery, Jallad caresses her son's tombstone, surrounded by women trying to comfort her.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Mr. O’Brien refused concessions and tweeted an image of a tombstone “Yellow: 1924-2023.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Dock, whose birth year engraved on his tombstone is a guess, was a child when he arrived in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

Instead, it was placed on her grave as a tombstone out of respect for the contribution the woman had made to the community's food security.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

The beam from the flashlight hit the top of the tombstone.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben