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headstone

[hed-stohn] / ˈhɛdˌstoʊn /
NOUN
gravestone
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Among them is a headstone marking where a 12-year-old was laid to rest.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

There is room on the headstone for only three of the seven names.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

A few pens have been left on the headstone, which has been replaced at least once; generations of fans have attempted to obliterate “Hughes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Other notable artifacts connected to St. Eustatius are a headstone from its Jewish cemetery, commemorating a merchant’s wife, and a Hanukkah lamp from Amsterdam that was eventually carried to St. Thomas by Jewish exiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

“We know he’s here. He wouldn’t want you to fuss about a headstone anyway.”

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

The “expat graveyard” is filled with headstones of people who boldly declared, “We love it here. We’re never leaving.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026

Beneath moss-covered cinder blocks, dilapidated stone markers, and a handful of headstones, more than 200 children who died in state custody between the 1870s and 1930s are buried.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

“I’m mentally exhausted,” Bishop said as she gazed at the row of craters where the headstones once rested.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025

Embalming, headstones, ornaments, and plastic flowers are not allowed.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024

The headstones are glowing with the last of the sun, and I see a glint of something shiny resting on Grandpa’s.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass




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