headstone

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Last year, Ms Dorrian's siblings added her name to their mother's headstone to commemorate the 19th anniversary of her disappearance.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

Not included: “A headstone or any other permanent memorial,” the site adds.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

While Eureka and other places prepare to unveil higher-profile monuments and dedications, Dock’s headstone stands in quiet remembrance of a life upended by the purges.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

Next to its headstone in the graveyard of institutions, one might also place a marker for the era that publisher Henry Luce once labeled “the American Century.”

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2025

It felt like that: the earth juddered, and Mr. Dandy fell, would have fallen into the darkness, but he caught hold of the fallen headstone, threw his arms about it and locked on.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman