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cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i /


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A 20-something cemetery employee, he shot “Ten Will” in 13 days on the weekends, scouting locations during his commute from MacArthur Park to Inglewood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Adam Rigg’s cemetery set—trees, graves, a crypt—is enhanced by the purples and greens of lighting co-designers Yi Zhao and Stacey Derosier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

To judge from the lines of young, very devoted fans snaking around the cemetery, Geese has already built the requisite subculture to thrive longer-term.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

When Emma Moore's daughter Mabel died, the idea of visiting her in a cemetery felt too far away.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

One time when I was in third grade, I went with Scrappy to the cemetery to see where his daddy was buried.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

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

As cemeteries become overcrowded, should loved ones become gardening soil?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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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