graveyard
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A struggle also remains for Jefferson-Hemings descendants to gain the right to be buried in the Jefferson graveyard.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Weight loss, long a graveyard for drug-company ambitions, has emerged as one of the industry’s biggest and fastest-growing segments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
They were there when the devastating Santa Barbara oil spill blackened beaches, turned the shoreline into a wildlife graveyard, and galvanized grassroots defense of the coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
She said the man continued to insist that the family "didn't need a shrine, and should grieve in a graveyard".
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Now he is buried with our prayers in the holy earth of the pueblo’s graveyard, along with others of our family.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
Until now, however, scientists have lacked a reliable way to determine how the remains of extinct megafauna and other animals accumulated, survived, and changed inside these submerged graveyards.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
The subtropical southern Japanese region boasts some of the world's most biodiverse hubs of normally multicoloured coral, but a 2024 marine heatwave created "graveyards" of ghostly pale or sickly brown organisms.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The silent ground of our national graveyards is sacred space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Wall Street’s graveyards are filled with analysts who have insisted that they would.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
She explains that certain creatures are allowed to scare and harass unsuspecting people if they wander someplace generally acknowledged to be spooky—like graveyards, old abandoned mansions, dark caves, and under beds.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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