gravestone
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Digital versions of the dead celebs in bell jars had to be matched to the correct gravestone in the castle gardens.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Their authors were seldom scholars; more often they were nonprofessional writers and editors whose volunteer contributions ranged from family snapshots to gravestone photographs, fragmented town histories, folkloric anecdotes and tall tales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
In the cemetery, Munzanza's mother Florence knelt by his gravestone and wept.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
“We’re now left with a gravestone that’s in multiple pieces,” she added.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024
From the cemetery, I see a small glow that’s the fire, and I sit there, looking at the gravestone with my father’s name on it.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
At the Old Dutch Church Burying Ground, which adjoins the larger Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Mr. Ocker examines gravestones that may have inspired Irving’s character names—Katrina Van Tassel is one of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Nevertheless, protesters held fake gravestones reading “RIP local business,” “RIP crew call” and “RIP creativity.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Happy Valley used to be covered in gravestones.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
But when I go to these cemeteries and take pictures of the gravestones, I’m not usually scared.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
We walk among these gravestones, pointing out which ones —particularly gray, particularly oafish—the Lump-lump Family would choose to bury one another beneath.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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