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cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i /


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These include a fragment from Byron—only a few scribbled pages, set in a Turkish cemetery, about the mysterious Augustus Darvell—and a long story called “The Vampyre” by John William Polidori, Byron’s former doctor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Her parents, brother, and daughters were also buried in different parts of the same cemetery in Jämtland.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

The group then reconvened at the Glendale cemetery, where a priest said prayers over the casket, which was gently lowered into the ground as teary-eyed friends and family members watched.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

These include landmarks such as a Cossack cemetery that dates back to before 1794.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

At Jabl Sahaba in Sudan, a 12,000-year-old cemetery containing fifty-nine skeletons was discovered.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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

An international team of scientists examined ancient DNA from human remains recovered at four hunter-gatherer cemeteries near Lake Baikal in East Siberia.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026

Other than that, he went wherever there was room to go forward — along roads and alleys and railroad tracks, across fields and cemeteries and golf courses.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli




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