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cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i /


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Gravestones are removed, graves moved to Hope cemetery.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Our favorite walk is to our neighborhood park, an old one with tall eucalyptus trees surrounding what used to be a cemetery, Pioneer Park.

From Salon • May 9, 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

Sheep getting into the cemetery has been an issue for several years.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The lavender that Mama had woven through his collar stuck up like the flowers on headstones in the cemetery, stiff and straight.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles




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