graveyard
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The graveyard is in the fictional town of Bellewood, Conn., where Jake, his long-suffering wife, Mattie, and their two children live, having recently left California.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Caroline Casey, the store manager at O'Neill's Sportswear, said their shop was transformed into a spooky graveyard, complete with three skeletons - including a mischievous one that interacted with the crowds.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
A graveyard caretaker wonders, “Why did they have to go and dig up Jason? Some people have a strange idea of entertainment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
But that kind of optimism can quickly start to sound more like whistling past the graveyard.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
I’ve never noticed any Swanns in the graveyard before.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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Each fall, my spouse and I honor our parents by placing wreaths in two graveyards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
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
He called for future submersible voyages to find more whale graveyards across the world.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Wall Street’s graveyards are filled with analysts who have insisted that they would.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
In fact I think hospitals are exactly what graveyards are supposed to be like.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
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