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graveyard

[greyv-yahrd] / ˈgreɪvˌjɑrd /


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Everything Must Go at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery was inspired by "things that are no longer with us", he said, describing his first major solo art exhibition as "a neon graveyard, full of colour".

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

A struggle also remains for Jefferson-Hemings descendants to gain the right to be buried in the Jefferson graveyard.

From Salon Jul. 27, 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

This is a concrete graveyard where visiting teams are met with a wall of noise, a cloud of smog, and air so thin it never quite fills their lungs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

She was as superstitious as a black cat breaking a mirror in a graveyard.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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 silent ground of our national graveyards is sacred space.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 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

Did you teach him how to kneeli The graveyards of the Seven Kingdoms were full of brave men who had never learned that lesson.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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